Hypervelocity plasma sprayer using railgun accelerators

M.D. Driga1, R.C. Zowarka2, R. Signorelli1, M. Ozdemir1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX, USA
2Center for Electromechanics, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Tóm tắt

Summary form only given. This paper outlines the theory of hypervelocity plasma spraying with railgun systems and describes the laboratory system designed and built at the University of Texas at Austin, which successfully validated the method of hypervelocity plasma sprayer and conducted proof of principle experiments for hypervelocity plasma-powder deposition, using and railgun system.

Từ khóa

#Thermal spraying #Plasma accelerators #Railguns #Acceleration #Plasma sources #Plasma materials processing #Plasma measurements #Plasma devices #Plasma properties #Plasma simulation