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 …

This study explores the ignition and ablation of a propellant by plasma produced during the
electrical explosion of aluminum wires. An experimental platform is established to …

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

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 …

Electrothermal (ET) plasma discharges are emerging as valuable mechanisms for pellet
injection in magnetic confinement fusion reactors. They have been shown to be capable of …

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 …

Operators of the Godiva IV Fast Burst Reactor discovered that, through observation and
measurement, the device has lost mass, likely through an ablative process. While the loss …