Gun-Driven Magnetic Flux Compression--Feasibility Study

A series of preliminary experiments has demonstrated the feasibility of using a gun-launched projectile to produce magnetic flux compression. The projectile impacts and collapses a coil of triangular cross section into which a 60-kG seed field has been injected by a capacitor bank discharge. The see...

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Main Authors: Vrabel,Michael J, Leavitt,Richard P, Blackburn,James C, Brody,Philip S
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
COMPRESSIBILITY
COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES
Electricity and Magnetism
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUX(RATE)
LIGHT GAS GUNS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
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Summary:A series of preliminary experiments has demonstrated the feasibility of using a gun-launched projectile to produce magnetic flux compression. The projectile impacts and collapses a coil of triangular cross section into which a 60-kG seed field has been injected by a capacitor bank discharge. The seed field is compressed by a factor greater than 8 to achieve a peak field of 520 kG in a coil volume of 1 to 2 cc. (Author)