Simulation of parameters of the stationary facility "ATLAS" by means of disk EMG

Summary form only given, as follows. The paper presents the results of the Russian-American experiment (ALT-1) on simulation of the ATLAS capacitor bank energy parameters in the liner load. The capacitor bank ATLAS is being constructed in USA for high energy density physics research (A New Energy Density Physics Research Facility: ATLAS). The experiment was conducted at VNIIEF in November 1999. The experimental device consisted of helical and disk explosive magnetic generators (EMG), of electrically exploded foil opening switch (FOS) and of the liner load connected to FOS with the help of exploded closing switch. The initial parameters of the liner made of technically pure aluminum were: outer radius 40 mm, operating height -/spl sim/40 mm, thickness -2 mm. In the experiment the liner was driven by the pulse of current with the amplitude 31.5 MA with a total risetime of /spl sim/4 ms. 50-gram liner' velocity, measured by the laser interferometer VISAR, was * 10 km/s. The paper gives as well some other characteristics obtained in the experiment for the pulsed power system and for the load. This paper describes the results of the theoretical-computational research, which was the basis for selection of the main parameters of the experimental device. Basic computational and, experimental data comparison was performed.