Browsing by Author "Aanstoos, T.A."
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Application of Homopolar Pulsed Power to Metals Joining
Aanstoos, T.A.; Keith, R.E; Weldon, W.F. (1983-04)Homopolar generators (HPGs) presently being developed at the Center for Electromechanics are capable of delivering megampere pulses of electric current in a controllable manner. One application for these machines is as the ... -
Billet Heating with The Homopolar Generator
Aanstoos, T.A.; Keith, R.E; Weldon, W.F. (1982-11)Recent and ongoing research concerned with homopolar generators operated in a pulse mode and making use of kinetic energy storage principles has led to the application of these techniques to forging billet heating. Cylindrical ... -
Current Collectors Operating in High Magnetic Fields
Aanstoos, T.A.; Faidley, R.W; Gully, J.H; Spann, M.L. (1987-11)An air core, superconducting field coil, self-motored, pulsed homopolar generator has been built and tested. This device uses multiple voltage generating passes and five Tesla magnetic field density to develop open circuit ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Tandem, Five Megamapere Initiate Switch for the Battery Upgraded Supply
Aanstoos, T.A.; Zowarka, R.C.; Upshaw, J.L. (IEEE, 1993-01)The authors report on the design, fabrication, and component testing for the tandem initiate switch system for the battery upgraded supply, in which each armature is rated for a 3 s rise to 2.5 MA peak current (2.8 MA ... -
Design of a Dissipation Circuit for a 560 MJ Inductive Storage Supply
Upshaw, J.L.; Zowarka, R.C.; Aanstoos, T.A. (IEEE, 1993-01)The authors report on the design and component testing of a dissipation circuit for a 560 MJ inductive storage supply. This storage supply is charged by a 5 MA battery power supply. This battery upgraded supply (BUS) ... -
Energy Model for End-of-Life Computer Disposition
Aanstoos, T.A.; Nichols, S.P; Torres, V.M. (1997-10) -
Energy Model for End-of-Life Computer Disposition
Aanstoos, T.A.; Nichols, S.P.; Torres, V.M. (IEEE, 1998-10)Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of an integrated circuit's (IC's) high voltage power pins is achieved without damage to thin oxides by dividing the steady-state voltage and arranging weak forward bias of the diodes ... -
Energy Storage for Sustainable Systems; A white Paper on the Benefits and Challenges of Kinetic Energy Storage
Hebner, R.E.; Aanstoos, T.A. (2000-11) -
Heating of Forging Billets Using the Pulsed Homopolar Generator
Aanstoos, T.A.; Keith, R.E; Weldon, W.F. (1983-02) -
High Voltage Stator for a Flywheel Energy Storage System
Aanstoos, T.A.; Kajs, J.P.; Brinkman, W.G.; Liu, H-P.; Ouroua, A.; Hayes, R.J.; Hearn, C.; Sargent, J.; Gill, H. (IEEE, 2001-01)The University of Texas at Austin Center for Electromechanics (UT-CEM) has designed and conducted component test/development for a flywheel energy storage system for pulsed loads and mobility load leveling in a tactical ... -
Homopolar Pulse Welding of Rail
Aanstoos, T.A.; Weldon, J.M. (1983-11)The homopolar pulse welding process uses a single unidirectional, high current electrical pulse from a homopolar generator to heat the interface between two workpieces in solid contact. When the interface reaches an optimum ... -
Homopolar Pulsed Welding for Offshore Applications
Harville, M.W.; Gully, J.H; Aanstoos, T.A. (1990-10)As a low impedance energy-storage device, the pulsed homopolar generator (RPG) is capable cif delivering a multimegawatt, megampere-current pulse into a resistive or inductive load with high efficiency. Such HPGs have been ... -
Hypervelocity Electromagnetic Gun Development at CEM-UT
Zowarka, R.C.; Weldon, W.F.; Aanstoos, T.A. (, 1985)Interest in railguns at the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT) was the result of a visit to the railgun facility at the Australian National University (ANU) at Canberra in 1979. Soon ... -
A New High Current Laboratory and Pulsed Homopolar Generator Power Supply at The University of Texas
Floyd, J.E.; Aanstoos, T.A. (IEEE, 1984-03)The University of Texas at Austin is constructing a spacious facility for research in pulse power technology at the Balcones Research Center, located in north Austin. The arrangement and capacity of the facility are intended ... -
Optimization and Critical Design Issues of the Air Core Compulsator for the Cannon Caliber Electromagnetic Launcher System (CCEML)
Kitzmiller, J.R.; Pratap, S.B.; Aanstoos, T.A.; Cook, K.G.; Kuenast, R.A.; Murphy, B.T.; Perkins, D.R. (IEEE, 1995-01)The Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT) is nearing completion of the manufacturing phase of a mobile platform, compulsator (CPA) driven 30 mm ground bore equivalent rapid fire railgun ... -
The Proposed CEM-UT 50-MJ Pulsed Homopolar Generator Power Supply
Weldon, W.F.; Aanstoos, T.A. (IEEE, 1982-01)The Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT) has been involved since 1972 both in the development of homopolar generators (HPGs) as pulsed power supplies and in the application of these ...
