Experimental Investigation of a Fast-Acting Exploding Metallic Foil Opening Switch

Abstract

Experiments were conducted to investigate the use of thin radially spoked metallic foils as fast-acting opening switches operating on nanosecond timescales. Such devices could be useful in special applications requiring a tailored output from a pulsed power source. The advantage of this concept is that the device is inexpensive, simple, rugged, and reliable for single shot applications. Experimental results are presented and discussed. The effects of varying several fuse parameters are summarized and some limitations of the design are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA638687

Entities

People

  • D. A. Goerz
  • J. E. Vernazza
  • N. E. Molau
  • R. A. Anderson
  • R. R. Heritsch

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Coatings
  • Bandwidth
  • Circuit Boards
  • Coatings
  • Electron Beams
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metal Coatings
  • Power
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Pulsed Power
  • Substrates
  • Thickness
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.