Loads for pulsed power cylindrical implosion experiments
- and others
Pulse power can be used to generate high energy density conditions in convergent hollow cylindrical geometry through the use of appropriate electrode configuration and cylindrical loads. Cylindrically symmetric experiments are conducted with the Pegasus-H inductive store, capacitor energized pulse power facility at Los Alamos using both precision machined cylindrical liner loads and low mass vapor deposited cylindrical foil loads. The liner experiments investigate solid density hydrodynamic topics. Foil loads vaporize from Joule heating to generate an imploding cylindrical plasma which can be used to simulate some fluxes associated with fusion energy processes. Similar experiments are conducted with {open_quotes}Procyon{close_quotes} inductive store pulse power assemblies energized by explosively driven magnetic flux compression.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 10163094
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-94-2107; CONF-9406197-1; ON: DE94014429; TRN: 94:007474
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Nuclear Society meeting,La Grange Park, IL (United States),19-24 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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