Title :
Fabrication of the 3.2 gram Pegasus-II aluminum liner and load components of the Liner Ejecta Experiment
Author :
Anderson, W.E. ; Armijo, F.V. ; Bartos, J.J. ; Bush, H.M. ; Garcia, F.P. ; Gobby, P.L. ; Gomez, V.M. ; Gurule, V.A. ; Hatch, D.J. ; Manzanares, R. ; Moore, J.E. ; Rivera, G. ; Salzer, L.J.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Fabrication of the 3.2 gram Pegasus-II 1100 series aluminum liner is described. This liner is driven by nominally 5 MA from the Pegasus-II two-stage Marx bank charged to approximately 35 kV. The liner will accelerate symmetrically to a final velocity of 3 mm//spl mu/s while it remains in contact with an annular glide plane surface at each electrode for a radial distance of 7.5 mm. At this drive level, up to 300 kbar shocks are expected when the solid density liner wall collides with the surface of a cylindrical liner experiment assembly mounted on axis within the liner bore. Components of the Los Alamos Liner Ejecta Experiment are described as one example of a Pegasus-II liner experiment.
Keywords :
aluminium5609837; load (electric); power capacitors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 3.2 g; 300 kbar; 35 kV; 5 MA; 7.5 mm; Liner Ejecta Experiment; Pegasus-II 1100 series aluminum liner; annular glide plane surface; fabrication; load components; pulsed power supplies; solid density liner wall; two-stage Marx bank; Acceleration; Aluminum; Assembly; Boring; Electric shock; Electrodes; Fabrication; Flanges; Materials science and technology; Turning;
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.1995.596750
