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Title: The Xygra gun simulation tool.

Abstract

Inductive electromagnetic launchers, or coilguns, use discrete solenoidal coils to accelerate a coaxial conductive armature. To date, Sandia has been using an internally developed code, SLINGSHOT, as a point-mass lumped circuit element simulation tool for modeling coilgun behavior for design and verification purposes. This code has shortcomings in terms of accurately modeling gun performance under stressful electromagnetic propulsion environments. To correct for these limitations, it was decided to attempt to closely couple two Sandia simulation codes, Xyce and ALEGRA, to develop a more rigorous simulation capability for demanding launch applications. This report summarizes the modifications made to each respective code and the path forward to completing interfacing between them.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
953729
Report Number(s):
SAND2008-8227
TRN: US201013%%57
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; DESIGN; MODIFICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PROPULSION; SIMULATION; VERIFICATION; GUNS; Xyce (Computer program).; Coilgun

Citation Formats

Garasi, Christopher Joseph, Lamppa, Derek C, Aubuchon, Matthew S, Shirley, David Noyes, Robinson, Allen Conrad, and Russo, Thomas V. The Xygra gun simulation tool.. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.2172/953729.
Garasi, Christopher Joseph, Lamppa, Derek C, Aubuchon, Matthew S, Shirley, David Noyes, Robinson, Allen Conrad, & Russo, Thomas V. The Xygra gun simulation tool.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/953729
Garasi, Christopher Joseph, Lamppa, Derek C, Aubuchon, Matthew S, Shirley, David Noyes, Robinson, Allen Conrad, and Russo, Thomas V. 2008. "The Xygra gun simulation tool.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/953729. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/953729.
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title = {The Xygra gun simulation tool.},
author = {Garasi, Christopher Joseph and Lamppa, Derek C and Aubuchon, Matthew S and Shirley, David Noyes and Robinson, Allen Conrad and Russo, Thomas V},
abstractNote = {Inductive electromagnetic launchers, or coilguns, use discrete solenoidal coils to accelerate a coaxial conductive armature. To date, Sandia has been using an internally developed code, SLINGSHOT, as a point-mass lumped circuit element simulation tool for modeling coilgun behavior for design and verification purposes. This code has shortcomings in terms of accurately modeling gun performance under stressful electromagnetic propulsion environments. To correct for these limitations, it was decided to attempt to closely couple two Sandia simulation codes, Xyce and ALEGRA, to develop a more rigorous simulation capability for demanding launch applications. This report summarizes the modifications made to each respective code and the path forward to completing interfacing between them.},
doi = {10.2172/953729},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/953729}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2008},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2008}
}