MHD Pinch Interrupting Switch for High Currents.

Abstract

Switching apparatus for very high currents utilizes the magneto hydrodynamic pinch effect to interrupt a liquid metal column that occupies the gap between a pair of spaced conductors maintained apart by an insulating sleeve. The on/off condition of the switching apparatus is controlled by regulating the relationship between the fluid pressure within the sleeve and P sub p, the MHD pinch pressure. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 02, 1979
Accession Number
ADD006810

Entities

People

  • Owen S. Taylor

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Fluids
  • Liquid Metals
  • Liquids
  • Mechanisms (Engineering)
  • Pinch Effect
  • Switches
  • Switching

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

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  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
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