Acceleration of Flyer Plates by Electrically Exploded Foils.

摘要

Metal foils,exploded by a pulse of high density electric current,can be used to accelerate thin plastic flyers to velocities of 8km/s or greater. The behavior of these devices has been investigated analytically and experimentally. The results of hydrodynamic computer code simulations are shown to be in good agreement with experimental measurements of the flyer velocity. (ERA citation 01:011225)