Magnetic Field Calculations for High-Energy Pulsed Power Supplies

Abstract

The accurate calculation of the magnetic fields steady or rapidly varying is extremely important in designing pulsed power supplies for controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments, lasers, etc., where the traditional simplifying assumptions become unacceptable - especially when ferromagnetic materials in high magnetic fields are used. A finite element method for solution of Maxwell's equations for a moving media in terms of the magnetic vector potential and electrokinetic scalar potential describing the penetration of the magnetic fields in fast pulsing power supplies of electromechanical type is presented. The formulation for the steady-state magnetic fields in nonlinear media results as a particular case of the method.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA637916

Entities

People

  • E. B. Becker
  • H. G. Rylander
  • H. H. Woodson
  • M. D. Driga
  • R. D. Pillsbury
  • W. F. Weldon

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Diffusion
  • Electric Power
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Equations
  • Ferromagnetic Materials
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Generators
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Power
  • Power Supplies
  • Pulsed Power
  • Transmission Lines
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics