Generation of intense PEFs using a prolate spheroidal reflector attached to the bipolar former of a 10-GW pulsed power generator

Novac, Bucur; Xiao, Renzhen; Senior, Peter; Pecastaing, Laurent; Smith, Ivor R.

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Generation of intense PEFs using a prolate spheroidal reflector attached to the bipolar former of a 10-GW pulsed power generator

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posted on 18.09.2018, 15:55 by Bucur NovacBucur Novac, Renzhen Xiao, Peter SeniorPeter Senior, Laurent Pecastaing, Ivor R. Smith

A prolate spheroidal reflector was designed, manufactured, and attached to a bipolar former at the output of a 10-GW-Tesla-driven Blumlein pulsed power generator. The reflector, operated in water, is capable of producing intense pulsed electric fields of the order of 50 kV/cm. Constructional details are provided, together with experimental results, and a detailed analysis using 3-D software modeling of the reflector that provides results in good agreement with experimental data.

History

School

Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volume

46

Issue

10

Pages

3547-3551

Citation

NOVAC, B.M. ... et al, 2018. Generation of intense PEFs using a prolate spheroidal reflector attached to the bipolar former of a 10-GW pulsed power generator. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 46 (10), pp.3547-3551.

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Version

AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Acceptance date

30/05/2018

Publication date

2018-06-19

Copyright date

2018

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