Overview of ETC program in Korea

Author

Jung, Jaewon ; Lee, Younghyun ; Yang, Kyungseung ; Kim, Jinsung ; Chu, Jeungho

Author_Institution

Agency for Defense Dev., Taejeon, South Korea

Volume

37

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

41

Abstract

Based upon the results which were achieved through the investigation on the 20 mm ETC launcher, the research work has been proceeded for developing a 30 mm ETC experimental gun with the 2.4 MJ pulse forming network. Several components of the 2.4 MJ PFN for the ETC gun have been fabricated. The 61 rounds of ETC experimental ammunitions have been bred with the 400 kJ capacitive power supply system. The gun and the ammunition are being modified and improved not to have any functional problems related to the electric insulation and the mechanical strength. In late 2000, the experimental system will be assembled and the ETC experimental test will be performed with the 2.4 MJ PFN

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; power capacitors; pulsed power supplies; 2.4 MJ; 20 mm; 30 mm; 400 kJ; ETC gun; ETC launcher; Korea; capacitive power supply system; electric insulation; electrothermal-chemical launchers; experimental ammunitions; mechanical strength; pulse forming network; research programmes; Diodes; Performance evaluation; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Power generation; Power supplies; Pulsed power supplies; System testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.911786

Filename

911786