Conversion of chemical energy in an explosive by a magnetohydrodynamic method

Non-US electrodynamic launchers research and development

“…Gandilyan (1988), from the Radiophysics and Electronics Institute (Yerevan) and the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, described inductive-capacitive energy converters in a broadly based review of such technology. In an earlier paper from the High Temperatures Institute, Lebedev et al (1982) described explosive MHD generators. Magneto-cumulative generators and explosive MHD generators were compared, and it was noted that the MCG equipment is largely destroyed during an experiment, but not the MHD generator.…”

“…An aggressive program of research into high-velocity railguns and explosively driven flux compressors has been conducted at the Lavrent'yev Institute for more than 10 years. An excellent survey of flux compressors as of 1982 was given by Lebedev et al (1982). A more recent description of the explosive electromagnetic facility at the Lavrent'yev Institute was given by Shvetsov et al (1989).…”