Design, Optimization, and Testing of a Transaugmented Electromagnetic Railgun for Use as a Hydrogen Pellet Accelerator

Additional experiments were performed using 120-μs pulses. In these experiments, pellet velocities were increased by 400 m/s without shattering the pellet and with only minimal pellet ablation. A multipulsed acceleration scheme is proposed, relying on venting chambers placed between short augmented railguns to minimize viscous drag. The results of the 120-μs pulse experiments suggest that a multipulsed railgun pellet injection system may be capable of accelerating solid hydrogen pellets to high velocities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Tompkins, Michael William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kim, Kyekyoon

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9834752

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81233