Final design of an air core, compulsator driven, 0. 60 caliber railgun system

The Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT), is currently in the manufacturing phase of a laboratory based small caliber electromagnetic (EM) launcher and compulsator power supply. The objective of the 29-month program is to develop a compact, lightweight test bed c...

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Main Authors: Kitzmiller, J.R., Faidley, R.W., Fuller, R.L., Headifen, G.R., Pratap, S.B., Spann, M.L., Thelen, R.F.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
240100 > Power Systems-- (1990-)
430300 > Particle Accelerators-- Auxiliaries & Components
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700440 > Fusion Technology-- Power Supplies, Energy Storage-- (1992-)
ACCELERATOR FACILITIES
ACCELERATORS
ALTERNATORS
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTROMECHANICS
FEDERAL REGION VI
LAUNCHING
MACHINE PARTS
MATERIALS TESTING
MECHANICS
NORTH AMERICA
OPTIMIZATION
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
POWER SYSTEMS
POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
PULSES
RADIATIONS
RAILGUN ACCELERATORS
RECTIFIERS
TESTING
TEXAS
USA 430303 > Particle Accelerators-- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
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Summary:The Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT), is currently in the manufacturing phase of a laboratory based small caliber electromagnetic (EM) launcher and compulsator power supply. The objective of the 29-month program is to develop a compact, lightweight test bed capable of accelerating 32-g masses to 2 km/s at a rate of 10 Hz. Both the power supply and launcher feature significant component design advances which will allow the system to operate at considerably higher energy and power densities than previously demonstrated. The 750-kg compulsator will generate 2.2 kV and the Silicon- controlled rectifier (SCR) switch will commutate 386-kA pulses into the 1.6-m long, 0.60 caliber augmented solid armature railgun. This paper describes the final design and predicted operating characteristics of the compulsator system. Overall system performance parameters are reported, including results from the optimization code used to aid in the design of the compulsator system. A system design overview is presented with emphasis on new materials and state-of-the-art machine components to be used for the first time in a compulsator.
ISSN:0018-9464
1941-0069