Large Electric Power Pulses by Explosive Magnetic-Field Compression
- 1 April 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 38 (5) , 2275-2277
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1709870
Abstract
A cylinder of high explosive 1 in. in diameter produces about 1010 W of power during detonation. 10% of this energy can be converted to magnetic field energy by using the explosive to implode a conducting cylinder which contains an initial magnetic field. This energy can be transferred to a resistive load, but if the load is constant, the maximum energy transferred is equal to only the initial field energy times the logarithm of the compression ratio. Computer calculations show that if the load is designed so that its resistance increases by resistive heating during explosive compression, the maximum energy transfer can be much larger.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- An Explosive-Driven High-Field System for Physics ApplicationsJournal of Applied Physics, 1964