Comparison of sulfur hexafluoride and synthetic air in a simulated flux compression generator environment

Expendable, explosively driven shock tubes are used to propel aluminum flyer plates toward dense stainless steel plugs to simulate gas compression in explosive magnetic flux compression generators (FCGs). Armature velocity in a typical FCG is calculated using the Gurney method and shock tubes are de...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on plasma science 2001-10, Vol.29 (5), p.815-819
Main Authors: Dorsey, D.J., Freeman, B.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Aluminum
Compressing
Electric shock
Equations
Exact sciences and technology
Explosions
Explosive compacting
Explosive plating
Explosives
Gases
Generators
Helium
High-pressure apparatus and techniques
shock tubes
diamond anvil cells
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
Physics
Plugs
Probes
Shock tubes
Simulation
Sulfur
Sulfur hexafluoride
Velocity
Voltage measurement
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Summary:Expendable, explosively driven shock tubes are used to propel aluminum flyer plates toward dense stainless steel plugs to simulate gas compression in explosive magnetic flux compression generators (FCGs). Armature velocity in a typical FCG is calculated using the Gurney method and shock tubes are designed to drive the flyer plates at similar velocities. Experiments with sulfur hexafluoride and synthetic air are presented.
ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/27.964480