Characterization of LANL A1-series Marx flash radiography source

Author

Myers, M.C. ; Boller, J.R. ; Commisso, R.J. ; Cooperstein, G. ; Hinshelwood, D.D. ; Swanekamp, S.B. ; Young, F.C.

Author_Institution

Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1086

Abstract

An end to end electrical model has been developed for a flash-radiography diagnostic used at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The diagnostic consists of a compact, 108 J, A1-series Marx pulsed power generator that drives a bremsstrahlung diode radiation source. The modeling was done using a transmission-line code, BERTHA, developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). Model predictions agree well with experimental data. The calculations suggest that, as presently configured, the system efficiency can be increased.

Keywords

bremsstrahlung; equivalent circuits; lumped parameter networks; power engineering computing; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; software packages; 108 J; BERTHA software; LANL A1-series Marx flash radiography source; Los Alamos National Laboratory; bremsstrahlung diode radiation source; computer simulation; end to end electrical model; flash-radiography diagnostic; transmission-line code; Capacitors; Diagnostic radiography; Diodes; Inductance; Laboratories; Physics; RLC circuits; Resistors; Switches; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5498-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1999.823709

Filename

823709