| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Symposium
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2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Presentation Title |
Hybrid Metalized Polymer Core (HMPC) Initial Results of Prototype Mass Optimized Pulsed Power Hardware |
| Author(s) |
Charles Rose, Shaun Whetten, Michael Kracum, Jacob Mahaffey, David Saiz, Joseph Padilla, Levi Van Bastian, John Cochrane, Raymond Puckett, Brian Hutsel |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Charles Rose |
| Abstract Scope |
Stockpile stewardship, being one of the main thrusts of Sandia National Laboratories(SNL), requires the worlds most advanced test beds which rely on accurate and predictive models of high energy and density environments. Generation of these extreme environments is incredibly difficult and traditional reductive manufacturing limitations must be overcome. Given this, we present initial results of our additively manufactured Hybrid Metalized Polymer Core (HMPC) mass optimized concept hardware fired on the Mykonos accelerator at SNL. Initial results show no obvious power flow differences given an apples-to-apples comparison of like kind shot conditions and hardware topology propagating > 400 kV at > 600 kA while maintaining a ~ 3X mass reduction. Further work is necessary, but we report HMPC power flow hardware works as intended and is believed to be a viable candidate for next generation pulsed power (NGPP).
SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NA0003525 |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |