Green Farm Electric Gun Research and Development Facility: the final chapter

Author

Wolfe, Timothy R. ; Riedy, Paul ; Lewis, David

Author_Institution

Maxwell Technol. Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

506

Lastpage

510

Abstract

The Green Farm Electric Gun R&D Facility has been operated by Maxwell Technologies Inc. (MTI) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) since it´s inception in 1986. MTI continued to operate this workhorse facility for thirteen years under the technical oversight of DTRA until its closure in 1999. The facility supported a wide variety of both electromagnetic (EM) and electrothermal chemical (ETC) weapons concepts research and component development for the Department of Defense. In the paper, DTRA and MTI present their successes, achieved milestones, lessons learned, and recommendations for re-establishing the gun facility and its 32 MJ pulsed power system. Topics include the design of the facility, the analysis and engineering behind the 90 mm Single Shot Gun (SSG), and the 32 MJ power supply, system performance characteristics, diagnostics and instrumentation

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; electrothermal launchers; pulsed power supplies; weapons; 32 MJ; 90 mm; Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Department of Defense; Green Farm Electric Gun Research and Development facility; Maxwell Technologies; Single Shot Gun; diagnostics; electromagnetic weapons; electrothermal chemical weapons; instrumentation; performance characteristics; pulsed power system; Chemical technology; Design engineering; Electrothermal effects; Performance analysis; Power engineering and energy; Power system analysis computing; Pulse power systems; Pulsed power supplies; Research and development; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.911888

Filename

911888