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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 86, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4922522
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- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship
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A fast rise-rate, variable mass-bit gas puff valve based on the diamagnetic repulsion principle was designed, built, and experimentally characterized. The ability to hold the pressure rise-rate nearly constant while varying the total overall mass bit was achieved via a movable mechanical restrictor that is accessible while the valve is assembled and pressurized. The rise-rates and mass-bits were measured via piezoelectric pressure transducers for plenum pressures between 10 and 40 psig and restrictor positions of 0.02-1.33 cm from the bottom of the linear restrictor travel. The mass-bits were found to vary linearly with the restrictor position at a given plenum pressure, while rise-rates varied linearly with plenum pressure but exhibited low variation over the range of possible restrictor positions. The ability to change the operating regime of a pulsed coaxial plasma deflagration accelerator by means of altering the valve parameters is demonstrated. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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