Optimized rotary flux compressors for powering laser flashlamps
Abstract
Two ARFC's were optimized with the LLNL code. The large machine had a 42 inch diameter rotor. It provided 14 MJ of energy to a flashlamp load in a 90 (SIGMA) sec, 16 GW pulse. Its mass was 30 tonnes. The small machine provides a peak power of 8 GW in a 590 (SIGMA) sec pulse, and delivers 5.4 MJ to the flashlamp load. Its mass was 13 tonnes. The parameters of these optimized machines are summarized.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8416555C
- Keywords:
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- Flash Lamps;
- Flux (Rate);
- Lasers;
- Optimization;
- Rotation;
- Magnetic Compression;
- Magnetic Flux;
- Power Supplies;
- Lasers and Masers