Development of a Pulsed High Current Facility for Accelerating Metal Foils for Hydrodynamic Materials Testing

• Authors: N. Graneau , K. Omar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

84.70.+p; 84.30.Ng; 62.50.Ef

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

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1086-1088

Dates

published

2009-06

Contributors

author

N. Graneau

• AWE, Aldermaston, BerkshireRG7 4PR, UK

author

K. Omar

• 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

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.115.1086