Title :
High speed optical diagnostics of an exploding wire fuse for power conditioning of explosive flux compression generators
Author :
Giesselmann, M. ; Heeren, T. ; Neuber, A. ; Walter, J. ; Kristiansen, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents high-speed optical diagnostics of an exploding wire fuse, which is used in the power conditioning system for an explosive flux compression generator. The images were taken using an IMACON(R) 790 high-speed framing camera utilizing a gated image intensifier tube. For the authors´ measurements, the camera was operated in the high-speed multiple frame mode, yielding 8-10 sequential, 2 dimensional pictures with 100 ns between exposures.
Keywords :
cameras; exploding wires; power capacitors; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; 100 ns; IMACON/spl reg/ 790 high-speed framing camera; exploding wire fuse; explosive flux compression generators; high speed optical diagnostics; high-speed multiple frame mode camera; power conditioning system; Cameras; Coaxial components; Energy storage; Explosives; Fuses; High speed optical techniques; Inductors; Power conditioning; Voltage; Wire;
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.2001.1002004
