The electrothermal (ET) energetic plasma source (ETEPS) is a different concept in which the
ablation mechanism is forced inside of the open-ended capillary that has energetic liner, a …

Electrothermal plasma sources have been introduced as a method to propel frozen
hydrogenic pellets for fueling of future magnetic fusion reactors. These sources are also …

Electrothermal mass accelerators, based on capillary discharges, that form a plasma
propelling force from the ablation of a low-z liner material are candidates for fuelling …

An ablation-dominated capillary discharge using low atomic number elements for plasma
formation to flow into an ablation-free extension barrel is a concept that provides a high …

Capillary discharge plasmas have been widely used in many fields. This paper investigates
the influence of different explosion wire materials on the radiative heat flux and spectral …

Plasma-processed biomimetic structures are an extremely focused and small subset of
biomimetics. Although other methods can also be adopted, experimental synthesis of …

Future fusion reactors are expected to experience hard current disruptions that quench the
confined plasma and depositing the energy on the plasma facing materials, thus causing …

A low-z ablation-dominated capillary with an ablation-free extension barrel is a concept that
provides a plasma flow sufficient to propel fuel pellets into the tokamak fusion plasma …

The realization of fusion energy requires materials that can withstand high heat and particle
fluxes at the plasma material interface. In this work, an electrothermal (ET) plasma source …

Deep fueling for large-scale tokamak fusion reactors requires the use of high-velocity fuel
pellet injectors. The fuel pellets consist of deuterium or deuterium-tritium ice. Electrothermal …