Pulsed-power research at Loughborough University

Author

Stewardson, H.R. ; Smith, I.R. ; Senior, P. ; Novac, B.M. ; Gregory, K. ; Hackett, C.D. ; Kettleborough, J.G. ; Burke, R.A. ; Evans, S.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK

fYear

1996

fDate

35137

Abstract

Pulsed-power research at Loughborough University began more than 15 years ago, with the production and measurement of blast waves from an exploding wire and their use in impact studies of materials. More recently, the major facilities needed for plasma and explosive device experiments have been assembled both in the laboratory and at a remote firing site. The programme includes the production of electrical pulses by explosive means, the techniques used to condition and sharpen the output energy profile, the accurate performance prediction of flux-compression generator systems, the empirical modelling of foil fuses, mesh-initiated detonation and electromagnetic launchers. The paper presents a review of some of the activities including MHD research, flux compressors and high strain rate measurements

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; exploding wires; magnetohydrodynamic convertors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; Loughborough University; MHD; electrical pulses production; electromagnetic launchers; exploding wire; explosive device experiments; flux compressors; flux-compression generator systems; foil fuses modelling; high strain rate measurements; mesh-initiated detonation; output energy profile conditioning; output energy profile sharpening; performance prediction; plasma experiments; pulsed-power research;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power '96, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19960389

Filename

542947