A new flux compressor power source for railguns

Author

Sadedin, D.R.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Adv. Technol., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

292

Abstract

Flux compression could be an ideal means for pulse powering railguns as it can quickly convert mechanical energy to electrical pulse form, but there are practical and theoretical problems in finding a physical realisation and a set of compatible parameters. Disk coils are examined as the basis for re-usable flux compressors for powering railguns and are found to offer a range of possible engine-type or machine-type forms which would have low gain (about 10) and could be operated as constant current sources. Some forms would be massive, but up to 5 kJ/kg may be attainable with others. They would be a reliable technology needing only a few massive parts of high strength.

Keywords

coils; magnetic flux; power inductors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; railguns; constant current sources; disk coils; flux compression; flux-compressor pulsed power source; railguns; Circuits; Coils; Couplings; Inductance; Kinetic energy; Magnetic flux; Mechanical energy; Pulse compression methods; Railguns; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2791-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1995.596495

Filename

596495