1 MJ electric gun facility at LLNL
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OSTI ID:10137690
Since the early 1970`s LLNL has used devices which we call electric guns to accelerate thin flyer plates to hypervelocities. These devices use a capacitor bank to electrically explode a thin metal foil. The explosion of the foil drives a thin plate, placed on top of the foil, to velocities up to 18 km/s. This paper describes the latest step in the evolution of these devices, a 1 MJ electric gun system. The primary motivation for building this electric gun system was to throw large-area, thin-plate impactors with area up to 930 cm{sup 2}.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 10137690
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-108530; CONF-9204102-5; ON: DE92010440
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. symposium on electromagnetic launch technology,Austin, TX (United States),28-30 Apr 1992; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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