Experimental Simulation of the Energy Parameters of the ATLAS Capacitor Bank Using a Disk Explosive-Magnetic Generator

Abstract

A joint US/Russian Advanced Liner Technology experiment ALT-1 was conducted to simulate the anticipated performance of the Atlas capacitor bank. A disk-explosive magnetic generator and foil opening switch were used to produce an electrical current waveform that reached a peak value of 32.5 MA and that imploded an aluminum liner to an inner surface velocity of 12 km/s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA635451

Entities

People

  • A. A. Kulagin
  • A. I. Kuzyaev
  • A. M. Buyko
  • B. T. Yegorychev
  • G. G. Ivanova
  • G. I. Volkov
  • V. A. Ivanov
  • V. N. Mokhov
  • V. V. Zmushko
  • Yu. N. Gorbachev

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Aluminum
  • Capacitors
  • Elements
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Measurement
  • Peak Values
  • Pulsed Power
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Electrical Engineering