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

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

613

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;

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.1995.596750

Filename

596750