Title :
Hypervelocity plasma sprayer using railgun accelerators
Author :
Driga, M.D. ; Zowarka, R.C. ; Signorelli, R. ; Ozdemir, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. This paper outlines the theory of hypervelocity plasma spraying with railgun systems and describes the laboratory system designed and built at the University of Texas at Austin, which successfully validated the method of hypervelocity plasma sprayer and conducted proof of principle experiments for hypervelocity plasma-powder deposition, using and railgun system.
Keywords :
Rayleigh-Taylor instability; arcs (electric); plasma accelerators; plasma arc spraying; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; railguns; Hartmann flow; Kruskal-Schwarzschild instability; Lorentz forces; Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities; fast high-energy electrical pulses; hypervelocity plasma sprayer; hypervelocity plasma-powder deposition; ionizable gas; laboratory system; magnetic flux compression device; magnetohydrodynamic configurations; planar arc; proof of principle experiments; radio frequency-excited cavity; railgun accelerators; repetitive pulsed electrical machines; series-excited DC generators; snowplow sweeping; state-of-the art Hadland CCD framing cameras; Acceleration; Plasma accelerators; Plasma devices; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Railguns; Thermal spraying;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2002. ICOPS 2002. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 29th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7407-X
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2002.1030283
