The Influence of Coil Winding Gap and Armature Material on the Performance of Magnetic Flux Compression (MFC) Squeeze 5 Device

Abstract

The effect of coil (stator) winding gap (the space between the coil turn) and armature material on magnetic flux compression devices has been analyzed using the ALE3D magnetohydrodynamic code. Three winding gaps are considered: 12.70, 6.35, and 3.18 mm. For an aluminum armature (a hollow seamless metal tube filled with high explosive), the 6.35-mm winding gap performed better than 12.70- and 3.18-mm gaps. For copper armature, the 6.35- and 12.7-mm winding gaps produced the same compressed current output that was higher than the 3.18-mm gap.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1072639

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  • George B. Vunni

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Armatures
  • Compression
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Elements
  • Equations
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • High Explosives
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Magnetic Induction
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Physics

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  • ballistics.

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