Propulsion of a plasma ring in a rotary arc device at atmospheric pressure

DJAKOV, B. E, SHPANIN, Leon, SPENCER, J. W and JONES, G. R (2007). Propulsion of a plasma ring in a rotary arc device at atmospheric pressure. Journal of theoretical and applied mechanics, 37 (1).

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Abstract

A new form of electromagnetic plasma propulsion has been observed in experiments with high current electric arcs interacting with a magnetic field and a solid wall of particular configuration. It is shown that the post arc plasma acceleration is likely to be due to the excessive pressure at the wall that during earlier stages of arcing counteracts the Ampere force. An attempt is made to explain formation and motion of the plasma cloud taking into account wall ablation on the basis of a self-similar Sedov’s model.

Item Type:	Article
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Depositing User:	Louise Beirne
Date Deposited:	19 Sep 2018 13:12
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 10:45
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22596

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