High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 36, Issue 7, 075002(2024)

Design and simulation of a simulated hail launcher based on reluctance coil

Wenxiao Jia... Zhenxiao Li*, Gang Wan and Shuanghui Shi |Show fewer author(s)
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  • National Key Laboratory of Transient Physics , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210014, China
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    Figures & Tables(12)
    Multi stage reluctance coil launcher
    Basic pulse discharge circuit
    Two-stage drive coil circuits with sequential discharge topology
    Basic pulse discharge circuit current
    A two-stage reluctance coil launcher using new pulse discharge subcircuits
    Simulation model of two stage reluctance coil launcher
    Simulation results of traditional pulse discharge circuit
    Simulation results of new pulse discharge circuit
    Comparison of bullet barrel speed between two pulse discharge circuits
    • Table 1. Parameters of reluctance coil launcher

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      Table 1. Parameters of reluctance coil launcher

      outer radius/mminner radius/mmtotal axial lengthcoil spacing per stagenumber of turnsparameters per turn
      44.518891110×181 mm×8 mm
      energy storage capacitor/mFcapacitor precharge voltage/Vcapacitor internal resistance/mΩprotective inductor/$ {\text{μ}} $Hinductor internal resistance/mΩcircuit-changing buffer capacitor/$ {\text{μ}} $Fenergy-discharge resistance/Ω
      18002331010
    • Table 2. Opening and closing time of two stage reluctance coil launcher

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      Table 2. Opening and closing time of two stage reluctance coil launcher

      switchon time/msoff time/ms
      first stage coilmain discharge switch04.75
      energy discharge switch4.65
      second stage coilmain discharge switch4.758.40
      energy discharge switch8.30
    • Table 3. Comparison of launch performance between two pulse discharge circuits

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      Table 3. Comparison of launch performance between two pulse discharge circuits

      exit speed/(m·s−1)exit time/msinitial energy storage/Jexport kinetic energy/Jlaunching efficiency/%
      conventional discharge circuit22.0010.28640.0012.101.89
      new discharge circuit33.189.38640.0027.524.30
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    Received: Mar. 13, 2024

    Accepted: May. 22, 2024

    Published Online: Jun. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: Li Zhenxiao (lizhxnjust@njust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202436.240091

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