Design, fabrication, and operation of a high-energy liner implosion experiment at 16 megamperes

Peter J. Turchi; K. Alvey; C. Adams; B. Anderson; H. D. Anderson; Wallace E. Anderson; E. Armijo; W. L. Atchison; J. Bartos; Richard Lawson Bowers; B. Cameron; T. Cavazos; S. Coffey; R. Corrow; James H. Degnan; J. Echave; B. Froggett; D. Gale; F. Garcia; Joyce Ann Guzik; B. Henneke; Randall Jay Kanzleiter; G. Kiuttu; C. Lebeda; Russell Teall Olson; David Michael Oro; J. V. Parker; Robert E. Peterkin; K. Peterson; R. Pritchett; Randall Blaine Randolph; Robert Emil Reinovsky; J. Roberts; George Rodriguez; D. Sandoval; George M Sandoval; M. A. Salazar; W. Sommars; W. Steckle; John L. Stokes; J. Studebaker; L. Tabaka; Antoinette Jane Taylor

doi:10.1109/TPS.2002.805447

Design, fabrication, and operation of a high-energy liner implosion experiment at 16 megamperes

Peter J. Turchi
, K. Alvey
, C. Adams
, B. Anderson
, H. D. Anderson
, Wallace E. Anderson
, E. Armijo
, W. L. Atchison
, J. Bartos
, Richard Lawson Bowers
, B. Cameron
, T. Cavazos
, S. Coffey
, R. Corrow
, James H. Degnan
, J. Echave
, B. Froggett
, D. Gale
, F. Garcia
, Joyce Ann Guzik

B. Henneke, Randall Jay Kanzleiter, G. Kiuttu, C. Lebeda, Russell Teall Olson, David Michael Oro, J. V. Parker, Robert E. Peterkin, K. Peterson, R. Pritchett, Randall Blaine Randolph, Robert Emil Reinovsky, J. Roberts, George Rodriguez, D. Sandoval, George M Sandoval, M. A. Salazar, W. Sommars, W. Steckle, John L. Stokes, J. Studebaker, L. Tabaka, Antoinette Jane Taylor

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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We discuss the design, fabrication, and operation of a liner implosion system at peak currents of 16 MA. Liners of 1100 aluminum, with initial length, radius, and thickness of 4 cm, 5 cm, and 1 mm, respectively, implode under the action of an axial current, rising in 8 μs. Fields on conductor surfaces exceed 0.6 MG. Design and fabrication issues that were successfully addressed include: Pulsed Power-especially current joints at high magnetic fields and the possibility of electrical breakdown at connection of liner cassette insulator to bank insulation; Liner Physics-including the angle needed to maintain current contact between liner and glide-plane/electrode without jetting or buckling; Diagnostics-X-radiography through cassette insulator and outer conductor without shrapnel damage to film.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1777-1788
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	30
Issue number	5 I
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2002.805447
State	Published - Oct 1 2002

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Turchi, P. J., Alvey, K., Adams, C., Anderson, B., Anderson, H. D., Anderson, W. E., Armijo, E., Atchison, W. L., Bartos, J., Bowers, R. L., Cameron, B., Cavazos, T., Coffey, S., Corrow, R., Degnan, J. H., Echave, J., Froggett, B., Gale, D., Garcia, F., ... Taylor, A. J. (2002). Design, fabrication, and operation of a high-energy liner implosion experiment at 16 megamperes. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 30(5 I), 1777-1788. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2002.805447

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Design, fabrication, and operation of a high-energy liner implosion experiment at 16 megamperes

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