Browsing by Subject "plasma"
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(2016-12-13)Parasitic drag is a restrictive force for all vehicles moving through a fluid medium. In many industries and applications, even incremental reductions in drag could result in large savings in fuel, time, and even thermal ...
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Recently, a new beamed propulsion concept based on self-guiding of combined laser and particles beams has been proposed for interstellar travel. By firing high velocity neutral rubidium atoms at the spacecraft, speeds up ...
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(2020-11-17)Accurate assessment of pregnancy associated glycoproteins (PAG) in biological samples is fundamental for early pregnancy diagnosis and prediction of embryonic mortality in cattle. Two experiments were conducted to determine ...
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(2020-10-28)There is great interest in the plasma research community on the potential medical applications of non-equilibrium plasmas, called cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), yet currently no such plasma device is approved by the US ...
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(2018-05-07)Polymer nano-composites may be engineered with specific electrical properties to achieve good coupling with electromagnetic energy sources. This enables a wide range of novel processing techniques where controlling the ...
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(2012-12-07)Plasma flow physics in magnetic nozzles must be clearly understood for optimal design of plasma propulsion devices. Toward that end, in this thesis we: i) perform an extensive literature survey of magnetic nozzle physics, ...
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(2016-04-27)This dissertation serves to increase the understanding of applied pulsed plasma. Pulsed plasmas are experimentally studied in three contexts 1) fundamentally as switches, 2) applied in a dense plasma focus (DPF), and 3) ...
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(2014-11-24)As the demand for energy grows, all available resources will have to be utilized. Heavy oils are one underutilized resource that represents 50% of all the oil resources, but only accounts for 10% of all oil production. ...
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(2012-12-11)A nonthermal carbon monoxide plasma is known to produce a solid deposition which is thought to be a polymer of carbon suboxide (C3O2); however there are very few investigations of this deposition in the literature. This ...
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(2017-08-02)We are living in an age where the evolution of semiconductor devices and components is contingent upon their miniaturization and seamless integration with the rest of the circuitry. Unfortunately, it is anticipated that ...
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(2014-12-17)A magnetoplasma spacecraft engine, such as the Variable Area Specific Inpulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR®), uses magnetic fields and a magnetic nozzle to constrict and accelerate plasma to produce thrust. Most of the ...
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MAX phases belong to new family of ternary carbides and nitrides that bridges the gap between the physical and mechanical properties of metals and ceramics. MAX phases have high stiffness, are good thermal and electrical ...