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Metal vapor vacuum arc switching - Applications and resultsThe design of metal-vapor vacuum-arc switches (MVSs) for electromagnetic launchers is discussed, and preliminary results are presented for an experimental MVS. The general principles of triggered-vacuum-gap and vacuum-interrupter MVSs are reviewed, and the requirements of electromagnetic launchers are analyzed. High-current design problems such as electrode erosion, current sharing, magnetic effects, and thermal effects are examined. The experimental MVS employs stainless-steel flanges, a glass vacuum vessel, an adjustable electrode gap, autonomous internal magnetic-field coils, and a tungsten-pin trigger assembly. Some results from tests without magnetic augmentation are presented graphically.
Document ID
19840049242
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cope, D.
(MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Mongeau, P.
(Electromagnetic Launch Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume: MAG-20
ISSN: 0018-9464
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Accession Number
84A32029
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG3-283
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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