52 megajoule electric gun test facility

Author

Coradeschi, T. ; Colombo, G. ; Davis, A. ; Puterbaugh, R. ; Bernhardt, T. ; Dobbie, C. ; Gaywood, P. ; Harris, E. ; McNab, I.

Author_Institution

US Army ARDEC, Picattiny Arsenal, NJ, USA

Volume

29

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

923

Lastpage

928

Abstract

The Electric Armaments Division at the US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center has constructed an advanced, high-energy, electric gun test facility. A 52 MJ, capacitor-based, pulsed power supply, consisting of 16 individual 3.25 MJ modules, has been installed. Pulse forming networks have been designed to provide appropriate pulses for both electrothermal (ET) and electromagnetic (EM) railgun loads. A 120 mm ET launch fixture has been installed and a 90 mm EM railgun is to be installed in summer 1992. A 900 ft² control and data acquisition center is installed. The layout of the facility, design of the pulse power supply, and configuration of the diagnostic systems are discussed

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; power capacitors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; test facilities; 120 mm; 3.25 MJ; 52 MJ; 90 mm; EM launchers; USA; design; diagnostic systems; electric gun; power capacitors; pulse forming networks; pulsed power supply; railgun; test facilities; test facility; Buildings; Capacitors; Ducts; Laboratories; Power engineering and energy; Protection; Pulsed power supplies; Railguns; Structural beams; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.195701

Filename

195701