End-to-End Modeling with the Heimdall Code to Scope High-Power Microwave Systems

Abstract

In this paper, we describe the expert-system code HEIMDALL, which is used to model full high-power microwave systems using over 60 systems-engineering models, developed in the course of over a decade, that describe the prime and pulsed power, microwave sources, antennas, platforms, and propagation. We show an example of our calculations of the mass of a Supersystem producing 500-MW, 15-ns output pulses in the X band for bursts of 1 s, interspersed with 10-s interburst periods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA609218

Entities

People

  • James N. Benford
  • John A. Swegle

Organizations

  • Savannah River National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Expert Systems
  • Frequency
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High Power Microwaves
  • Impedance
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Microwaves
  • Platforms
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transmission Lines
  • Voltage
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy