Epure is a shared Franch and British hydrodynamic experiment facility, in use since 2014 with one radiographic machine, previously called Airix and installed in a former French facility.
This linear induction accelerator has been moved and refurbished over the course of years 2013-2014, and operated with success and reliability since then. Sprecial care has been given to maintenance...
X-Ray flash radiography is a useful diagnostic to investigate the structural response of matter under impulsive loading during hydrodynamic experiments. In addition to multiple axis capability, multiple pulses design for future upgrade of LIA machine(s) is under investigation at CEA. The major design changes of a dual-pulse LIA compared to the existing and operational one at EPURE (ex-AIRIX)...
One of the original drivers behind the development of pulsed power was the need for short-pulse (flash) x-ray sources for hydrodynamic tests. These systems continue to be an important diagnostic for the evaluation of hydrodynamic phenomena. In the United States, three primary facilities provide this function: Flash X-Ray (FXR) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL); the Dual Axis...
The MERLIN accelerator being commissioned at AWE in a new Technology Development Centre will provide one of the flash radiographic sources at a joint UK/French facility for hydrodynamic testing in support of the two nations' nuclear deterrents. The ten module Induction Voltage Adder (IVA) has been designed to provide a 60 ns long TerraWatt pulse to drive a Self Magnetic Pinch (SMP) electron...
We report on the design of a compact and repetitive pulsed e-beam source. This pulsed e-beam source, which can work stably for long time, was built based on Marx technology. The designed output voltage, current, pulse width and repetition frequency of this e-beam source is 1 MV, 20 kA, 180 ns and 1~50 Hz, respectively. In contrast, the volume and weight of this source is limited to 2.5 m3 and...
Both intense pulsed X-ray and repetitive pulsed X-rays play an important role in the investigation of various physical processes in hydrodynamic experiments.
In order to generate intense pulsed X-ray, 1.2 MV pulsed power generator and rod-pinch diode are designed and constructed at Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP. The generator is composed of a Marx generator, an upstream oil line, a pulse...
Long pulse intense electron-beam accelerators (IEBA) are of great interesting in many regions. In this paper, a folded IEBA is introduced. The pulse forming section of the IEBA is made up of two pulse forming lines (PFL) and a curving transition section to joint two PFLs together. This type of IEBA is compact in structure. The flat voltage of the main pulse on the load of IEBA is one of the...
The Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) uses two, linear-induction accelerators (LIAs) for flash, x-ray radiography of hydrodynamic tests. The Axis-I LIA uses a single, beam pulse of 60 ns, 20 MeV, and 2 kA. The Axis-II LIA uses a long beam pulse, and a kicker to generate four radiation pulses.
The National Nuclear Security...
The Department of Energy has tasked a few of the national laboratories to design and develop a new linear induction accelerator (LIA) capable of multi-pulse operation. This LIA would be different from the DARHT Axis II design in that, instead of multiple pulses being ‘kicked’ out of a single long pulse, the multiple pulses will be delivered independent of each other by the pulsed power system....