Technologies for Development of More Affordable Large X-Ray Simulators

Abstract

Pulsed power conditioning elements between the energy-storing capacitor banks and the radiation loads have been the major cost driver for large simulators [I]. The cost is driven by the pulsed power requirements needed to provide the necessary spectral and temporal characteristics of the radiation output for Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing (NWET), as well as for assuring efficient production of the radiation. During the past forty years, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has developed pulsed power elements and systems that are lowering the cost of x-ray simulators. This paper discusses these technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA638842

Entities

People

  • I. Vitkovitsky
  • Jean-Elie Pierre
  • K. Ware
  • R. Gullickson
  • R. Schneider

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Dielectrics
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electron Beams
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Inductance
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Plasma Opening Switches
  • Power
  • Power Conditioning
  • Pulsed Power
  • Radiation
  • Simulators
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.