Opening Switches
Pulsed power technology, in the simplest of terms, usually concerns the storage of electrical energy over relatively long times and then its rapid release over a comparatively short period. However, if we leave the definition at that, we miss a multitude
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ADVANCES IN PULSED POWER TECHNOLOGY Series Editors: A. Guenther, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico M. Kristiansen, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Volume 1 OPENING SWITCHES Edited by A. Guenther, M. Kristiansen, and T. Martin
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OPENING SWITCHES Edited by
A. Guenther Air Force Weapons Laboratory Kirtland AFB, New Mexico
M. Kristiansen
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas
and
T. Martin
Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, New Mexico
PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Opening switches / edited by A. Guenther, M. Kristiansen, and T. Martin. p. cm.-{Advances in pulsed power technology; v. 1) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-9072-8 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-1929-0 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4613-1929-0
1. Electric switchgear. 2. Pulse generators. 3. Energy storage. I. Guenther, Arthur Henry, 1931. II. Kristiansen, M. (Magne), date. III. Martin, T. H. (Thomas H.) IV. Series. TK283 1.064 1987 621.31 '-dc19 87-16611 CIP
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FOREWORD
Pulsed power technology, in the simplest of terms, usually concerns the storage of electrical energy over relatively long times and then its rapid release over a comparatively short period. However, if we leave the definition at that, we miss a multitude of aspects that are important in the ultimate application of pulsed power. It is, in fact, the application of pulsed power technology to which this series of texts will be foc~sed. Pulsed power in today's broader sense means "special power" as opposed to the traditional situation of high voltage impulse issues related to the utility industry. Since the pulsed power field is primarily application driven it has principally engineering flavor. Today's applications span those from materials processing, such as metal forming by pulsed magnetic fields, to commercial applications, such as psychedelic strobe lights or radar modulators. Very high peak power applications occur in research for inertial confinement fusion and the Strategic Defense Initiative and other historical defense uses. In fact it is from this latter direction that pulsed power has realized explosive growth over the past half century. Early thrusts were in electrically powered systems that simulated the environment or effects of nuclear weapons detonation. More recently it is being utilized as prime power source
