Search Results - "Gilligan, J.G."

Vapor shielding and erosion of surfaces exposed to a high heat load in an electrothermal accelerator by Bourham, M.A., Hankins, O.E., Auciello, O., Stock, J.M., Wehring, B.W., Mohanti, R.B., Gilligan, J.G.

“…The experimental and theoretical verification of the vapour shield concept in an electrothermal accelerator is reported. Measurements of the ablation mass loss…”
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Modeling of particulate production in the SIRENS plasma disruption simulator by Sharpe, J.P., Merrill, B.J., Petti, D.A., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Modeling of the complex interplay among plasma physics, fluid mechanics, and aerosol dynamics is critical to providing a detailed understanding of the…”
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Experimental studies of the plasma-propellant interface for electrothermal-chemical launchers by Edwards, C.M., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…A plasma-propellant interaction experiment "PIPE" has been constructed to investigate the plasma-propellant interface physics, and plasma augmentation to the…”
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Numerical simulation and experiment of plasma flow in the electrothermal launcher SIRENS by Hurley, J.D., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…An electrothermal plasma source (ET) may be used as a launcher by itself, or as a preinjector for electromagnetic launchers (railguns) or…”
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A boundary layer model of energy transport at plasma-surface interfaces in railguns by Orton, N.P., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. A 2-D turbulent steady-state computer code has been developed to analyze ablation and vapor shielding processes at plasma facing…”
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Plasma-material interaction relevant to electric launcher technology by Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. Material surface erosion is one of the limiting factors for achieving the desired exit velocities in electric launchers. Surface…”
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A novel technique for disruption simulation and accident analysis using an ET plasma source by Sharpe, J.P., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. In order to penetrate defensible safety analyses for future tokamak reactors, disruption effects on plasma-facing materials and…”
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Analysis of solid propellant combustion behavior under electrothermal plasma injection for ETC launchers by Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G., Oberle, W.F.

“…Enhanced burn rates of solid propellants through plasma erosion has been studied showing evidence of increased burn rate with injection of electrothermal…”
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Plasma parameters in burn rates processes of a solid propellant for electrothermal-chemical launch devices by Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G., Boyer, C.J.

“…Summary form only given, as follows. A plasma source for an electrothermal-chemical (ETC) device produces a high-density, low-temperature plasma, which has a…”
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Plasma-surface interactions in electric launchers: progress on the TURBFIRE code by Orton, N.P., Tucker, E.C., Gilligan, J.G., Doster, J.M., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. Plasma-surface interactions are of great interest for the design and modeling of electric launchers. We are developing a 2-D boundary…”
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Acceleration of mini-projectiles using a small-caliber electrothermal gun for fusion applications by Kincaid, R.F., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. The small-caliber electrothermal plasma gun SIRENS has been used to accelerate mini-projectiles to demonstrate the feasibility of…”
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Progress on TURBFIRE, a simulation of plasma-surface interactions in electric launchers by Tucker, E.C., Orton, N.P., Gilligan, J.G., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. Plasma-surface interaction is of great interest for the design and modeling of electric launchers. We are developing a 2-D boundary…”
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Radiative heating and erosive burn of a solid propellant subject to electrothermal plasma by Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. Electrothermal-chemical (ETC) devices have shown a growing interest for possible various applications that exhibit the generation of…”
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Visible light emission measurements from a dense electrothermal launcher plasma by Hankins, O.E., Bourham, M.A., Earnhart, J., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Measurements of the visible light emission from dense, weakly nonideal plasmas have been performed on the experimental electrothermal launcher device SIRENS…”
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Evaluation of silicon carbide composite and refractory coatings for launchers and fusion technology applications by Eddy, W.H., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. Refractory-coated copper (Ta/Cu and LC Cr/Cu) and silicon carbide (SiC) composite material surfaces have been exposed to high heat…”
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In-bore diagnostics of drag forces in the electrothermal launcher SIRENS by Hurley, J.D., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. In-bore diagnostics of drag forces in SIRENS for fuseless "vacuum" and fuse "atmospheric" operation, with and without a projectile,…”
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Construction and operational characteristics of a plasma-propellant interaction experiment by Edwards, C.M., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Summary form only given. The plasma-propellant interaction experiment "PIPE" consists of an electrothermal source which injects a low temperature (1-3 eV),…”
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Simulation of the plasma-surface interaction in electric launchers by Orton, N.P., Gilligan, J.G.

“…A 2-D computer code is being developed to investigate the plasma-surface interaction in electric launchers. The code will calculate the mass evolution rate at…”
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Time-dependent numerical simulation of ablation-controlled arcs by Gilligan, J.G., Mohanti, R.B.

“…A zero-dimension (0-D) time-dependent code (ZEUS) developed to simulate ablation-controlled arc (ACA) behavior is discussed. The code includes energy…”
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Time dependent simulation of the plasma discharge in an electrothermal launcher by Mohanti, R.B., Gilligan, J.G.

“…The authors have attempted to obtain information on the source plasma component of the electrothermal launcher by extending their previous model to include a…”
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