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Description and operating performance of a parallel-rail electric-arc system with helium driver gas for the langley 6-inch expansion tube
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Moore, J. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | A parallel-rail arc-discharge system to heat and pressurize the initial helium driver gas of the Langley 6-inch expansion tube is described. This system was designed for a 2.44-m-long driver vessel rated at 138 MPa, with a distance between rails of 20.3 cm. Electric energy was obtained from a capacitor storage system rated at 12,000 V with a maximum energy of 5 MJ. Tests were performed over a range of energy from 1.74 MJ to the maximum value. The operating experience and system performance are discussed, along with results from a limited number of expansion-tube tests with air and carbon dioxide as test gases. |
| File Size | 29589535 |
| Page Count | 41 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19770009130 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4qk26k7h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Research And Support Facilities (air) Impulses Electric Discharges Arc Discharges Carbon Dioxide Gas Expansion Shock Tubes Gas Temperature Helium Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
