Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The generation of axial flow and heating of an argon plasma in a pinched plasma column of a pulsed, linear z-pinch device was examined experimentally and analytically. Transient (about 5 microsec) axial pressure profiles identify three characteristic periods in the column history. These include (1) strong axial pressure asymmetry indicative of plasma streaming, (2) isotropic, rapidly rising plasma pressure indicative of plasma heating, and (3) column breakup. An efficient conversion of radial collapse to axial streaming velocity is identified. Mechanisms for such an effect and subsequent heating are evaluated; significance to transients in pulsed plasma accelerators is identified.
Keywords:
PHYSICS, PLASMA
Type:
AIAA PAPER 72-208
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Sciences Meeting; Jan 17, 1972 - Jan 19, 1972; San Diego, CA
Format:
text
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