Pub Date : 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3452930
G. Mishra;Rohit Kamle
The theory of two frequency step tapered undulator radiation is developed with the help of generalized Bessel functions using an analytical transparent technique. In the approach, the radiation of a single electron on axis from the step sections of one-frequency and two-frequency undulator is derived as a sum of fields from the individual sections. It is shown that the radiation from the step sections superposes coherently and emits as proportional to the square of the number of step sections. This allows the undulator to behave as a high brilliance synchrotron radiation source. The analysis provides a simplest procedure to estimate the field taper in the tapered gap undulator.
{"title":"Spectral Properties and High Brilliance Features of Two-Frequency Step Tapered Asymmetric Undulator Radiation","authors":"G. Mishra;Rohit Kamle","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3452930","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3452930","url":null,"abstract":"The theory of two frequency step tapered undulator radiation is developed with the help of generalized Bessel functions using an analytical transparent technique. In the approach, the radiation of a single electron on axis from the step sections of one-frequency and two-frequency undulator is derived as a sum of fields from the individual sections. It is shown that the radiation from the step sections superposes coherently and emits as proportional to the square of the number of step sections. This allows the undulator to behave as a high brilliance synchrotron radiation source. The analysis provides a simplest procedure to estimate the field taper in the tapered gap undulator.","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"52 7","pages":"2778-2785"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142175246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1109/tps.2024.3423345
Braj Kishore Shukla, Jatin Patel, Harshida Patel, K. G. Parmar, Hardik Mistry, Dharmesh Purohit, Paresh Patel, Artyom Kuzmin, Andrey Mazunin, Elena Soluyanova, Evgeny Tai
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Pub Date : 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3406713
Anxin Guo;Xiangyu Du;Xuezhi Wang;Shaowei Liu
Wear between the armature and the rail directly affects the state of armature–rail contact, which in turn affects the service life and launching efficiency of the electromagnetic rail launcher. In order to investigate the armature melting wear law during the launching process, a heat distribution model on the contact surface of the armature–rail is proposed, and a transient calculation model of armature wear is derived; to solve the model, the excitation current, inductance gradient, and contact resistance of the launcher were calculated and further analyzed with respect to the kinematic characteristics of the armature chamber. On this basis, the change rule of armature melting wear rate and the influencing factors are studied, and the derived calculation model is verified by using the experimental method. The results of this study show that the trend of armature wear rate can be broadly classified into a rapidly increasing phase, a sharply decreasing phase, and a smooth phase, with the maximum wear rate reaching about 0.008; the coefficient of friction, rail material, and rail structure all have an effect on the magnitude of the armature wear rate, but do not affect the trend of the armature wear rate; the experimentally verified armature wear volume differs from the theoretically calculated wear volume by only 3.65%. The model and analysis results established in this article are of great significance for optimizing the armature structure, improving the armature–rail contact performance, and ensuring the launching safety.
{"title":"Calculation of Armature Melting Wear Rate Based on Contact Surface Heat Distribution","authors":"Anxin Guo;Xiangyu Du;Xuezhi Wang;Shaowei Liu","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3406713","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3406713","url":null,"abstract":"Wear between the armature and the rail directly affects the state of armature–rail contact, which in turn affects the service life and launching efficiency of the electromagnetic rail launcher. In order to investigate the armature melting wear law during the launching process, a heat distribution model on the contact surface of the armature–rail is proposed, and a transient calculation model of armature wear is derived; to solve the model, the excitation current, inductance gradient, and contact resistance of the launcher were calculated and further analyzed with respect to the kinematic characteristics of the armature chamber. On this basis, the change rule of armature melting wear rate and the influencing factors are studied, and the derived calculation model is verified by using the experimental method. The results of this study show that the trend of armature wear rate can be broadly classified into a rapidly increasing phase, a sharply decreasing phase, and a smooth phase, with the maximum wear rate reaching about 0.008; the coefficient of friction, rail material, and rail structure all have an effect on the magnitude of the armature wear rate, but do not affect the trend of the armature wear rate; the experimentally verified armature wear volume differs from the theoretically calculated wear volume by only 3.65%. The model and analysis results established in this article are of great significance for optimizing the armature structure, improving the armature–rail contact performance, and ensuring the launching safety.","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"52 7","pages":"2981-2990"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142175247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-10DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3445718
Vasilios A. Tantanis;Stylianos P. Savaidis;Zisis C. Ioannidis;Dimitra I. Kaklamani;Nikolaos K. Uzunoglu
A gas discharge tube (GDT) switch operating in a MW-class microwave pulse compression (MPC) system is experimentally studied. The examined GDT operates at low-pressure conditions with constant gas intake. The experimental campaign aims to evaluate the influence of the GDT design and operational parameters on the MPC performance. The evaluated design parameters concern the GDT size and the gas flow direction, whereas the operational parameters the GDT gas pressure and flow rate at different MPC drive power and pulse repetition frequency (PRF) conditions. Experimental results show that under optimal selection of the design parameter values and a dynamic adjustment of the operational parameters, an optimal MPC performance is achieved. Under such optimal setup, the MPC system driven by 10 kW source achieves a MW-class output power level performance up to a PRF of 500 Hz.
{"title":"Experimental Assessment of Low-Pressure Plasma Interference-Switch Performance in MW-Class Microwave Pulse Compressor","authors":"Vasilios A. Tantanis;Stylianos P. Savaidis;Zisis C. Ioannidis;Dimitra I. Kaklamani;Nikolaos K. Uzunoglu","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3445718","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3445718","url":null,"abstract":"A gas discharge tube (GDT) switch operating in a MW-class microwave pulse compression (MPC) system is experimentally studied. The examined GDT operates at low-pressure conditions with constant gas intake. The experimental campaign aims to evaluate the influence of the GDT design and operational parameters on the MPC performance. The evaluated design parameters concern the GDT size and the gas flow direction, whereas the operational parameters the GDT gas pressure and flow rate at different MPC drive power and pulse repetition frequency (PRF) conditions. Experimental results show that under optimal selection of the design parameter values and a dynamic adjustment of the operational parameters, an optimal MPC performance is achieved. Under such optimal setup, the MPC system driven by 10 kW source achieves a MW-class output power level performance up to a PRF of 500 Hz.","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"52 7","pages":"2676-2685"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142175248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In the recent decade, Terahertz (THz) communication has been recognized as one of the possible paths to solve the communication blackout for reentry vehicles. Previous studies have mainly focused on the plasma structure and Terahertz signal propagation mechanisms of vehicle of the same model. However, actual vehicle comes in various sizes, necessitating further research into the relationship between different-sized vehicle and Terahertz signal transmission characteristics. This study takes typical RAM-C blunt-coned and pointed-coned vehicles as objects to analyze the impact of vehicle size changes on plasma sheath parameters. The propagation characteristics of Terahertz signals in plasma sheaths of different sizes were studied using the scattering matrix method (SMM) method. The analysis conclusion indicates that as the size of blunt-coned and sharp-coned vehicles increases, the thickness of the plasma sheath layer also increases, resulting in more severe attenuation of Terahertz signals. Increasing the size of the vehicle enhances electron collision frequency, while the fluctuation in maximum electron density increases with the size of blunt-coned vehicle and decreases with the size of sharp-coned vehicle. In the Terahertz signal transmission characteristics, blunt-coned vehicles are mainly affected by signal absorption, while sharp-coned cone vehicles are affected by both reflection and absorption. Reducing the size of the vehicle and the thickness of the plasma sheath layer can mitigate Terahertz signal attenuation.
{"title":"Analysis on the Propagation Characteristics of Terahertz Signals in Blunt-Coned and Sharp-Coned Vehicle in Different Sizes","authors":"Pingsheng Liu;Ziyang Zhao;Kai Yuan;Zhikang Chu;Rongxin Tang","doi":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3451064","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TPS.2024.3451064","url":null,"abstract":"In the recent decade, Terahertz (THz) communication has been recognized as one of the possible paths to solve the communication blackout for reentry vehicles. Previous studies have mainly focused on the plasma structure and Terahertz signal propagation mechanisms of vehicle of the same model. However, actual vehicle comes in various sizes, necessitating further research into the relationship between different-sized vehicle and Terahertz signal transmission characteristics. This study takes typical RAM-C blunt-coned and pointed-coned vehicles as objects to analyze the impact of vehicle size changes on plasma sheath parameters. The propagation characteristics of Terahertz signals in plasma sheaths of different sizes were studied using the scattering matrix method (SMM) method. The analysis conclusion indicates that as the size of blunt-coned and sharp-coned vehicles increases, the thickness of the plasma sheath layer also increases, resulting in more severe attenuation of Terahertz signals. Increasing the size of the vehicle enhances electron collision frequency, while the fluctuation in maximum electron density increases with the size of blunt-coned vehicle and decreases with the size of sharp-coned vehicle. In the Terahertz signal transmission characteristics, blunt-coned vehicles are mainly affected by signal absorption, while sharp-coned cone vehicles are affected by both reflection and absorption. Reducing the size of the vehicle and the thickness of the plasma sheath layer can mitigate Terahertz signal attenuation.","PeriodicalId":450,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science","volume":"52 7","pages":"3061-3071"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142175250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-09DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2024.3450849
Kelin Li;She Chen;Hang Guo;Mengbo Li;Lipeng Zhong;Qiuqin Sun;Feng Wang
As an important chemical, ammonia plays an important role in human life and society. Nevertheless, there is a substantial release of CO2 for the traditional industrial ammonia synthesis process. Plasma catalysis can activate gas molecules and lower activation energy, making it a promising avenue for this reaction. The current study reveals that ammonia decomposition within the plasma discharge region significantly limits ammonia production for in-plasma catalysis (IPC) configuration. On the other hand, for post-plasma catalysis (PPC) configuration, the densities of reactive species will decrease when migrating to the downstream catalyst region, which is unfavorable for plasma catalytic ammonia synthesis. Therefore, the performances of ammonia synthesis under different plasma catalytic configurations have been investigated with the catalyst of Ni/Al2O3. In experiments with a N2:H2 flow rate ratio of 3:1, the ammonia concentration under PPC configuration was $224.53~mu $