Title :
Feuerstellung 2000: a 30 MJ electric gun facility
Author :
Weise, Th H G G ; Hammon, J. ; Jungblut, S.
Author_Institution :
TZN Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum GmbH, Unterluss, Germany
Abstract :
In order to operate large calibre electric guns within the trilateral European Electric Gun Program, a 30 MJ pulsed power facility has been developed and installed at the Rheinmetall proving ground in Unterluss, Germany. The facility bases on a capacitive 30 MJ pulsed power supply system being exposed by its large flexibility in the performance characteristics. After a technical description of the system architecture and parameters, a selected number of subsystems are reported in detail. Further, the paper gives an overview of the results obtained from the performance tests conducted so far.
Keywords :
electromagnetic launchers; power capacitors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; test facilities; 30 MJ; Feuerstellung 2000; Germany; electric guns; performance characteristics; performance tests; power capacitor bank; pulsed power facility; system architecture; system parameters; technical description; Buildings; Capacitors; Guns; Inductors; Legged locomotion; Physics; Pulsed power supplies; Railguns; Switches; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2791-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1995.599789
