Title :
The magnetically driven imploding liner parameter space of the Atlas capacitor bank
Author :
Lindemuth, I.R. ; Atchison, W.L. ; Faehl, R.J. ; Reinovsky, R.E.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The Atlas capacitor bank (23 MJ, 30 MA, 240 kV) is now operational at Los Alamos. Atlas was designed to magnetically drive imploding liners for use as impactors in shock and hydrodynamic experiments. We have conducted a computational "mapping" of the high-performance imploding liner parameter space accessible with Atlas. The effect of charge voltage, transmission inductance, liner thickness, liner initial radius, and liner length, as well as other parameters, has been investigated. Our study shows that Atlas is ideally suited to be a liner driver for liner-on-plasma experiments in a magnetized target fusion context.
Keywords :
capacitors; plasma applications; 23 MJ; 240 kV; 30 MA; Atlas capacitor bank; charge voltage; liner initial radius; liner length; liner thickness; magnetically driven imploding liner; magnetized target fusion; transmission inductance; Acceleration; Capacitors; Circuit stability; Circuit testing; Electric shock; Hydrodynamics; Inductance; Laboratories; Magnetohydrodynamics; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7120-8
DOI :
10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001810
