Cartridge containing plasma source for accelerating a projectile
US4715261A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 1984 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41B6/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A projectile is accelerated through a gun barrel bore by a cartridge containing a high temperature, high pressure plasma jet source. The cartridge has a geometry enabling it to be loaded into a breech bore of the gun. The plasma jet is supplied to the rear of the projectile and is derived by a tube having an interior wall forming a capillary passage. A discharge voltage applied between spaced regions along the capillary passage ionizes a dielectric to form a plasma. First and second ends of the passage are respectively open and blocked to enable and prevent the flow of plasma through them. The blocked end closes the breech bore.
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