Experimental simulation of the energy parameters of the "Atlas" capacitor bank using a disk explosive-magnetic generator

Author

Buyko, A.M. ; Volkov, G.I. ; Gorbachev, Yu.N. ; Yegorychev, B.T. ; Zmushko, V.V. ; Ivanov, V.A. ; Ivanova, G.G. ; Kuzyaev, A.I. ; Kulagin, A.A. ; Mokhov, V.N. ; Pavlii, V.V. ; Pak, S.V. ; Petrukhin, A.A. ; Skobelev, A.N. ; Sofronov, V.N. ; Chernyshev, V.K

Author_Institution

All-Russian Sci. Res. Inst. of Exp. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

2001

Firstpage

135

Abstract

A joint US/Russian Advanced Liner Technology experiment ALT-1 was conducted to simulate the anticipated performance of the Atlas capacitor bank. A disk-explosive magnetic generator and foil opening switch were used to produce an electrical current waveform that reached a peak value of 32.5 MA and that imploded an aluminum liner to an inner surface velocity of 12 km/s.

Keywords

explosions; power capacitors; pulsed power supplies; pulsed power switches; 12 km/s; 32.5 MA; ALT-1 Advanced Liner Technology experiment; ATLAS capacitor bank; aluminum liner implosion; disk explosive-magnetic generator; electrical current waveform; energy parameters simulation; foil opening switch; Assembly; Capacitors; Current measurement; Explosives; Magnetic recording; Magnetic switching; Physics; Probes; Pulse power systems; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7120-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.1002012

Filename

1002012