Title :
Advanced compulsator technology
Author_Institution :
Center for Electromech., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Compulsator selection issues are addressed, including two poles vs. four poles, shell vs. conventional rotors, relation between pulse shape and energy density, and would compensation. Electrothermal guns require a current profile which is quite different from that of their electromagnetic counterparts. A new method of obtaining this current pulse is discussed. This new variant also facilitates the self-motoring of the machine between bursts. This machine as applied to a 60 mm electrothermal chemical (ETC) gun is discussed
Keywords :
alternators; electromagnetic launchers; plasma guns; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 60 mm; electrothermal chemical gun; energy density; pulse shape; shell rotors; would compensation; Acceleration; Alternators; Circuits; EMP radiation effects; Electromagnetic launching; Electrothermal launching; Impedance; Laboratories; Pulse power systems; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
