Accession Number:

AD0857481

Title:

Laser Initiated Conduction of an Overvolted Liquid Dielectric.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Zigler, Gilbert Lenk

Report Date:

1969-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

98.0

Abstract:

A focused, Q-spoiled laser, aligned along the inter-electrode axis of a pulse charged switch assembly, was used to initiate the conduction of an overvolted transformer oil gap. Laser power varied between 5 and 200 Mw and the voltage pulse exhibited a risetime of 500nsec to a voltage of 700kv. A parametric study of the factors affecting the delay between the laser pulse arrival at the gap and conduction of the gap was accomplished, in which the effect of the laser focal point location and power, polarity and voltage on the gap at laser arrival, was determined. Author

Descriptors:

• (*NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAMAGE
• SIMULATION)
• (*ELECTRIC SWITCHES
• OILS)
• (*DIELECTRICS
• IONIZATION)
• (*COHERENT RADIATION
• IONIZATION)
• ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE
• DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
• RECOMBINATION REACTIONS
• LASERS
• IONIZATION POTENTIALS
• VOLTAGE
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE