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Title: Development of small-bore, high-current-density railgun as testbed for study of plasma-materials interaction. Progress report for October 16,2000 - May 13, 2003

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/818929· OSTI ID:818929

The present document is a final technical report summarizing the progress made during 10/16/2000 - 05/13/2003 toward the development of a small-bore railgun with transaugmentation as a testbed for investigating plasma-materials interaction.

Research Organization:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-84ER52111
OSTI ID:
818929
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/52111-1; TRN: US0500602
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 14 May 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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