An Overview of the Mechanical Design of the Atlas Pulsed Power Machine
Abstract
Atlas is a pulsed-power facility being designed at Los Alamos National Laboratory to perform high-energy density experiments in support of Science-Based Stockpile Stewardship and basic research programs. Atlas will consist of 24 individual maintenance units, each consisting of 4 240-kV Marx units. Maintenance units are contained in large oil tanks arrayed in a circle about a central target chamber. Total stored energy of the capacitor bank will be 23 MJ. Maintenance units will discharge through an output shorting switch into a vertical tri-plate transmission line, and from there into a transition area/collector inside a large vacuum chamber. An overview of mechanical design aspects of the Atlas machine is presented. These include Maintenance unit design and design of the tri-plate transmission line and transition region. Findings from fabrication and testing of prototype systems will be discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA639455
Entities
People
- D. W. Bowman
- E. O. Ballard
- G. A. Bennett
- G. Barr
- G. Dorr
- H. A. Davis
- J. R. Griego
- James C.Bucky Cochrane
- R. F. Gribble
- T. O. Davis
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory