The Magnetically Driven Imploding Liner Parameter Space of the Atlas Capacitor Bank
Abstract
The Atlas capacitor bank (23 MJ, 30 MA, 240 kV) is now operational at Los Alamos. Atlas was designed to magnetically drive imploding liners for use as impactors in shock and hydrodynamic experiments. We have conducted a computational mapping of the high-performance imploding liner parameter space accessible with Atlas. The effect of charge voltage, transmission inductance, liner thickness, liner initial radius, and liner length, as well as other parameters, has been investigated. Our study shows that Atlas is ideally suited to be a liner driver for liner-on-plasma experiments in a Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) context.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA639090
Entities
People
- Irvin R. Lindemuth
- R. J. Faehl
- Robert E. Reinovsky
- Walter L. Atchison
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory