Optimization of a Ranchero driven high energy liner driver system
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
An experimental series is planned to implode a dense heavy liner to a velocity in excess of 1 cm/microsecond (10 mm/microsecond) using a RANCHERO coaxial explosive flux compression generator. The goal of this study is to choose the liner mass and starting radius that will deliver the greatest amount of kinetic energy to a target at 1 cm final radius. In this study we used the 1D-MHD simulation code RA YEN to search for the proper initial conditions. The results will be used as a starting point for 2-D simulations and preliminary designs for the first experiments planned in the 2009/2010 time frame. The preliminary results indicate that a liner velocity of 1.25 cm/microsecond and a kinetic energy of greater than 4 megajoules may be possible.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 960881
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-08-06330; LA-UR-08-6330; TRN: US1002654
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Megagauss 2008 ; July 13, 2008 ; Novoshibirsk, Russia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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