Variational analysis of railgun plasma-arc-armature for acceleration of solid hydrogen pellets for fusion reactor refueling

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6313133· OSTI ID:6313133

Choe, W. H.; Kim, K.

This paper discusses fueling magnetically confined plasmas using a railgun plasma-arc-armature. The topics covered are: the Plasma model; Variational analysis; Current density in the plasma arc and arc voltage; and Magnetic field and the net railgun force. 5 refs., 5 figs. (LSP)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-84ER52111
• OSTI ID: 6313133
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/52111-T4; ON: DE89009556; TRN: 89-011060
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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