Search Results - "Ives, H.C."

Optical and pressure diagnostics of 4-MV water switches in the Z-20 test Facility by Woodworth, J.R., Lehr, J.M., Elizondo-Decanini, J., Miller, P.A., Wakeland, P., Kincy, M., Garde, J., Aragon, B., Fowler, W., Mowrer, G., Maenchen, J.E., Sarkisov, G.S., Corley, J., Hodge, K., Drennan, S., Guthrie, D., Navarro, M., Johnson, D.L., Ives, H.C., Slattery, M.J., Muirhead, D.A.

“…We are studying the behavior of self-breaking, high-voltage water switches for the Z refurbishment project. In Z-20, three or four water switches in parallel…”
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Theoretical z -pinch scaling relations for thermonuclear-fusion experiments by Stygar, W A, Cuneo, M E, Vesey, R A, Ives, H C, Mazarakis, M G, Chandler, G A, Fehl, D L, Leeper, R J, Matzen, M K, McDaniel, D H, McGurn, J S, McKenney, J L, Muron, D J, Olson, C L, Porter, J L, Ramirez, J J, Seamen, J F, Speas, C S, Spielman, R B, Struve, K W, Torres, J A, Waisman, E M, Wagoner, T C, Gilliland, T L

“…We have developed wire-array z -pinch scaling relations for plasma-physics and inertial-confinement-fusion (ICF) experiments. The relations can be applied to…”
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Energy loss to conductors operated at lineal current densities 10 MA/cm: semi-analytic model MHD simulations and experiment by Stygar, William A., Rosenthal, Stephen E., Donovan, Guy Louis, Mills, Jerry A., Speas, Christopher, Struve, Kenneth W., Ives, H.C., Wagoner, Timothy, ALLSHOUSE, G.O., ANDROLEWICZ, K.E., FEHL, D.L., Frese, M.H., GILLILAND, T.L., Johnson, M.F., Reisman, D.B., REYNOLDS, P.G., Spielman, R.B., TOOR, A., Waisman, E.M.

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High-voltage hold-off of large surface area metal electrodes with dielectric surface layers by Johnson, D.J., Ives, H.C., Savage, M.E., Stygar, W.A.

“…Aluminum and stainless steel electrodes with dielectric surface layers have been tested for the avoidance of electron emission and plasma induced arcs that…”
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A pulse power modulator system for commercial high power ion beam surface treatment applications by Barrett, D.M., Cockreham, B.D., Dragt, A.J., White, F.E., Neau, E.L., Reed, K.W., Ives, H.C.

“…The ion beam surface treatment (IBEST/sup TM/) process utilizes high energy pulsed ion beams to deposit energy onto the surface of a material allowing near…”
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Effect of self-magnetic field on large pulsed insulators operated at 4 megavolts and 5 megaamperes by Savage, M.E., Stygar, W.A., Elizondo, J.M., Ives, H.C., Shoup, W., Struve, K.W., McDaniel, D.H.

“…Experiments on a large, high voltage pulsed insulator will be described. The goal was investigation of the effect of the self-magnetic field associated with…”
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PBFA-Z vacuum section design using TLCODE simulations by Corcoran, P.A., Douglas, J.W., Smith, I.D., Spence, P.W., Stygar, W.A., Struve, K.W., Martin, T.H., Spielman, R.B., Ives, H.C.

“…Circuit code simulations were used to predict the performance of and to assess design trade-offs for the vacuum section of PBFA-Z. PBFA-Z was designed to drive…”
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The ZR refurbishment project by McDaniel, D.H., Mazarakis, M.G., Bliss, D.E., Elizondo, J.M., Harjes, H.C., Ives, H.C., Kitterman, D.L., Maenchen, J.E., Pointon, T.D., Rosenthal, S.E., Smith, D.L., Struve, K.W., Stygar, W.A., Weinbrecht, E.A., Johnson, D.L., Corley, J.P.

“…ZR is a refurbished (R) version of Z aiming to improve its overall performance, reliability, precision, pulse shape tailoring and reproducibility. Z, the…”
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Engineering design of the Z magnetically-insulated transmission lines and insulator stack by Ives, H.C., van de Valde, D.M., Long, F.W., Smith, J.W., Spielman, R.B., Stygar, W.A., Wavrik, R.W., Shoup, R.W.

“…A 3.3 m diameter cylindrical insulator stack and a set of 3 m diameter conical magnetically-insulated transmission lines (MITLs) were built for the Z…”
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D-dot and B-dot monitors for Z-vacuum section power-flow measurements by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Ives, H.C., Moore, W.B.S., Seamen, J.F., Sharpe, A.W., Wagoner, T.C., Gilliland, T.L., Broyles, R.S., Mills, J.A., Dinwoodie, T.A., Slopek, J.S., Struve, K.W., Reynolds, P.G.

“…New differential D-dot and B-dot monitors were developed for the Z vacuum section of an accelerator pulsed power supply. The D-dots measure voltage at the…”
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Operation of a five-stage 40000-cm2-area insulator stack at 158 kV/cm by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Anderson, R.A., Clark, R.E., Douglas, J.W., Gilliland, T.L., Horry, M.L., Hughes, T.P., Ives, H.C., Long, F.W., Martin, T.H., McDaniel, D.H., Milton, O., Mostrom, M.A., Seamen, J.F., Shoup, R.W., Smith, J.W., Struve, K.W., Vogtlin, G.E., Wagoner, T.C., Yamamoto, O.

“…We have demonstrated operation of a 3.35-m-diameter insulator stack at 158 kV/cm with no total-stack flashovers on five consecutive Z-accelerator shots. The…”
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Water-line design and performance of Z [pulsed power supply] by Garcia, R.J., Ives, H.C., Struve, K.W., Spielman, R.B., Martin, T.H., Horry, M.L., Waverick, R., Jaramillo, T.F.

“…A new set of bi-plate transmission lines have been designed and installed in the water-section of PBFA-lI for the Z-pinch experiments. Thirty-six aluminum…”
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Design and performance of the Z magnetically-insulated transmission lines by Stygar, W.A., Spielman, R.B., Allshouse, G.O., Deeney, C., Humphreys, D.R., Ives, H.C., Long, F.W., Martin, T.H., Matzen, M.K., McDaniel, D.H., Mendel, C.W., Mix, L.P., Nash, T.J., Poukey, J.W., Ramirez, J.J., Sanford, T.W.L., Seamen, J.F., Seidel, D.B., Smith, J.W., Van De Valde, D.M., Wavrik, R.W., Corcoran, P.A., Douglas, J.W., Smith, I.D., Mostrom, M.A., Struve, K.W., Hughes, T.P., Clark, R.E., Shoup, R.W., Wagoner, T.C., Gilliland, T.L., Peyton, B.P.

“…The authors have designed and tested a 10 nH, 1.5 m radius vacuum section for the Z accelerator. The vacuum section consists of four vacuum flares, four…”
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Second-Order Effects in the Weibel Instability by Taggart, K. A., Godrey, B. B., Rhoades, C. E., Ives, H. C.

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