Explosive driven ferroelectric generators

Author

Altgilbers, Larry L. ; Shkuratov, S. ; Dickens, J. ; Kristiansen, M. ; Tkach, Y. ; Tracy, P.T.

Author_Institution

Adv. Technol. Directorate, U S Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL, USA

fYear

2001

Firstpage

231

Abstract

Summary form given only, as follows. Explosive Driven Ferroelectric Generators (EDFEG) are compact power sources that have been considered as seed sources for magnetocumulative generators, as well as prime power sources. Shock waves generated by high explosives are used to shock depolarize ferroelectric materials, which results in a voltage pulse being delivered to a load. These generators have been experimentally investigated at Texas Tech University. The results of these experimental studies will be presented. In addition, the data has been used to benchmark a code developed at the Institute of Electromagnetic Research. A comparison of the experimental and simulation results will also be presented.

Keywords

ferroelectric devices; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; compact power sources; explosive driven ferroelectric generators; ferroelectric materials; high explosives; magnetocumulative generators; prime power sources; seed sources; shock depolarization; shock wave generation; voltage pulse; Electric shock; Explosives; Ferroelectric materials; Missiles; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Pulse generation; Shock waves; Test facilities; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7141-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.960840

Filename

960840