Feasibility studies for crowbarring one megavolt on the LILI facility. [Lightning simulation]
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6163862
A technique using a trigatron for crowbarring the energy in a megavolt Marxed capacitor bank into an LR load for simulating low probability, high amperage lightning strokes has been verified as feasible by testing on the LILI facility.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6163862
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-1700
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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