Operating characteristics and modeling of the LLNL 100-kV electric gun

Journal Article · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/27.32247· OSTI ID:5756400

Osher, J E; Barnes, G; Chau, H H; Lee, R S; Lee, C; Speer, R; Weingart, R C

In the electric gun, the explosion of an electrically heated metal foil and the accompanying magnetic forces drive a thin flyer plate up a short barrel. Flyer velocities of up to 18 km/s make the gun useful for hypervelocity impact studies. The authors briefly review the technological evolution of the exploding-metal circuit elements that power the gun, describe the 100-kV electric gun designed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in some detail, and present the general principles of electric gun operation. They compare the experimental performance of the LLNL gun with a simple model and with predictions of a magnetohydrodynamics code.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5756400
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci.; (United States), Vol. 17:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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