Electrothermal plasma sources operating in the confined controlled arc discharge regime
produce heat fluxes in the range expected for hard disruptions in future large tokamaks. The …

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 …

The behavior of the transient heat flux produced by a three-electrode capillary discharge
generator working at a repetitive mode is presented in this paper. The radial distribution …

Electrothermal plasma sources operating in the confined capillary arc regime are
characterized by the magnitude and shape of the discharge current. The desired plasma …

The concept of tapered capillary is introduced as a method of injecting focused plasma jet
into the breach of bulk-loaded electrothermal-chemical (ETC) launcher. Tapered capillaries …

Electrothermal (ET) plasma discharges are capillary discharges that ablate liner materials
and form partially ionized plasma. ET plasma discharges are generated by driving current …

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 …

Electrothermal (ET) plasma discharges have application to mass acceleration technologies
relevant to military ballistics and magnetic confinement fusion reactor operation. ET plasma …

Generalized operational scaling laws have been developed for the peak plasma parameters
at the exit of an electrothermal plasma capillary discharge. These parameters are the total …

Electrothermal (ET) plasma launchers have a wide array of applications as mass
acceleration devices. An ET plasma launcher utilizes an ET plasma discharge to accelerate …