Energy and Technology Review, March 1993

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10159397

Sefcik, J A; Quirk, W J ^[1]

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1. eds.

The Lawrence Liver National Laboratory was established in 1952 to research on nuclear weapons and magnetic fusion energy. Since then, we have added other major programs, including fusion and laser isotope separation, biomedical and environmental science, strategic defense, and applied energy technology. These programs, in turn, require research in basic scientific disciplines, including chemistry and materials science, computer science and technology, engineering, and physics. This review is published monthly to report on unclassified work in all of our programs. This issue describes three endeavors. We have developed a multiple-frame, laser-illuminated, electro-optic camera system that produces sequential photographs of fast phenomena, such as the formation of shaped-charge jets, with unprecedented high resolution. Another project concerns a new rocket propulsion system for small spacecraft. This liquid rocket propulsion system won a 1992 R&D 100 award and features miniature pumps that can turn on and off and can change speed within a millisecond to meet a wide range of thrust requirements. The last project reported on pertains to computational integrated photonics: using numerical simulation to optimize photonic devices.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 10159397
• Report Number(s): UCRL--52000-93-3; ON: DE93013941
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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