SPOCK: a SPICE based circuit code for modeling pulsed power machines

Summary form only given. We have developed a number of new SPICE devices of interest to the pulsed power community: plasma opening switches, plasma radiation sources, bremsstrahlung diodes, magnetically insulated transmission lines, explosively driven flux compressors. These new devices are integrated into SPICE using S-Cubed\´s MIRIAD technology to create a user-friendly circuit code that runs on Unix workstations or under Windows NT or Windows 95. The new circuit code is called SPOCK-"S-Cubed powerflow optimizing circuit kit". SPOCK allows the user to easily run optimization studies by setting up runs in which any circuit parameters can be systematically varied. Results can be plotted as 1-D line plots, 2-D contour plots, or 3-D "bedsheet" plots. We will demonstrate SPOCK\´s capabilities on a color laptop computer, performing realtime analysis of typical configurations of such machines as HAWK and ACE4.