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A new pulsed power machine to be called AMPERE is currently under development at AWE. Its initial use will be as a metallic foil accelerator for the specific purpose of applying large impulses (>300 Pa s) and pressures (>450 G Pa) to a target for material property testing. The critical circuit features are described and a computer model has been written to predict the expected machine performance. Future uses of this facility for driving further hydrodynamic experimentation are also discussed.
Discipline
- 84.70.+p: High-current and high-voltage technology: power systems; power transmission lines and cables(for superconducting cables, see 84.71.Fk)
- 62.50.Ef: Shock wave effects in solids and liquids(for shock wave initiated high-pressure chemistry, see 82.40.Fp; see also 47.40.Nm Shock wave interactions and shock effects in fluid dynamics)
- 84.30.Ng: Oscillators, pulse generators, and function generators
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Volume
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Pages
1086-1088
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Dates
published
2009-06
Contributors
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- AWE, Aldermaston, BerkshireRG7 4PR, UK
author
- AWE, Aldermaston, BerkshireRG7 4PR, UK
References
- 1. H. Bluhm, Pulsed Power Systems, Springer 2006
- 2. W.H. Gourdin, J. Appl. Phys 65, 411 (1989)
- 3. J.C. Bueck, R.E. Reinovsky, 5th IEEE Int. Pulsed Power Conf., Eds. M.F. Rose, P.J. Turchi, 1985, p. 287
- 4. W.F. McCullough, in Ref. [3], p. 291
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Publication order reference
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bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-appv115n645kz