Untersuchungen über sprengstoffbetriebene MHD-Generatoren

Three types of explosive-driven MHD-generators have been studied. The explosives were seeded as to give high magnetic Reynolds numbers via high electric conductivity and/or magnetic permeability. The highest power peaks were attained with a rectangular-channel-type generator fed from a hollow-cylinder shaped charge. Tests with magnetically loaded explosives seem to indicate that these might prove useful (e.g. in space engineering), in particular when used in a cylindrical induction-type MHD-generator designed by the authors. This type also, though run with smaller charges only, seems to be the most efficient one.