Experimental Data on High Power Explosive Opening and Closing Switches at CEM-UT

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dc.creatorSledge, R.L.en
dc.creatorHahne, J. H.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-09T22:05:03Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-09T22:05:03Zen
dc.date.issued1989-06en
dc.description.abstractThe need for high power switching i n pulse power research has lead to the development of fast acting opening and closing switches with current capacity of more than 1 MA. Presented is the performance data of two switches developed for railgun experiments at the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin (CEM-UT). The first is a compact closing switch, explosively actuated, used as an isolation device for staging parallel inductors charged by homopolar generators (HPGs) and as a crowbar to shunt excess energy from railguns during projectile exit .The second i s an explosive opening switch which provides a low resistance path during inductor charging before quickly opening to transfer energy to the railgun.en
dc.description.departmentCenter for Electromechanicsen
dc.identifierPN_153en
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2WH4Ten
dc.identifier.citationR.L. Sledge and J.H. Hahne, “Experimental data on high power explosive opening and closing switches at CEM-UT,” Proceedings, 7th IEEE Pulsed Power Conference, Monterey, California, U.S.A., June 11-14, 1989, pp. 151-155.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/32990en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.ispartofCEM Publicationsen
dc.rights.restrictionopenen
dc.subjectRotating Machine EM Launchen
dc.subjectswitchen
dc.subjectem gunen
dc.subjectem railgunen
dc.titleExperimental Data on High Power Explosive Opening and Closing Switches at CEM-UTen
dc.typeconference paperen

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