Experiments with Multi-Wire Liners at Sarmat Facility

Abstract

In the paper we report on creation of capacitive facility SarMAT, providing a current up to 2 MA in a load at rise time of ~1 mus. The facility is intended for laboratory development of technologies and methods used in experiments on current implosion of cylindrical liners, powered from magneto-cumulative energy source. A series of experiments with multi-wire liners both of classical and a number of original constructions, was held at the facility. Results of these experiments are presented in the paper.