Prospects for generating 1-10 TPa pressures with a railgun
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OSTI ID:5776728
It has been demonstrated that a plasma arc can be accelerated along two current carrying parallel rails and used to accelerate a projectile. An extensive analysis found the task of using a railgun to accelerate an impactor plate to velocities of 10 to 40 mm/..mu..s to be feasible with contemporary technology. This range of impact velocities would enable shock pressures of 1 to 10 TPa to be generated for EOS research.
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5776728
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-82296(Rev.2); CONF-790709-4(Rev.2)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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