Design, simulation, and fault analysis of a 6.5-MV LTD for flash X-ray radiography

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 I, 2006, Pages 1888-1899

  Leckbee, Joshua J ^a   Maenchen, John E ^a   Johnson, David L ^b   Portillo, Salvador ^a   VanDeValde, David M ^a   Rose, David V ^c   Oliver, Bryan V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VOSS SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Electron accelerator; Pulse power systems; Radiography; X ray applications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; FAULT ANALYSIS; FLASH X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY; PULSED POWER SYSTEMS; X-RAY APPLICATIONS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750385356     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.879553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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