Radio-Frequency Excited Plasma Tunnel for Laboratory Studies of Supersonic Plasma Flow Fields
- 1 September 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 34 (9) , 1015-1019
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718645
Abstract
A description is given of a supersonic, low density plasma tunnel employing rf excitation of the gas stream. The facility, which has been designed to be of laboratory proportions, provides clean, supersonic plasma streams at velocities up to about Mach 2. The static stream pressures available are in the range from about 0.1 to 10 Torr and jets up to 2 or 3 cm in diameter are produced. A discussion of the important design features is given and the application of this facility to several studies of supersonic plasma flow fields is described.Keywords
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