Switching Devices Used in the Lethality Test System
Abstract
The Lethality Test System (LTS) is an experiment which will utilize a light gas gun-railgun combination to accelerate projectiles for impact studies, The power supply for the railgun consists of an 80 MJ (kinetic) generator-flywheel array used to charge the primary windings of three cryogenic pulse transformers. The secondary windings of these transformers will supply up to 50 MJ of electrical energy to the railgun. A number of special switching devices will be required to cause energy transfer and compression. This paper describes the design and testing of these switching devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA635258
Entities
People
- P. Chowdhuri
- P. Wildi
- R. D. Ford
- W. Mark Parsons
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory