Re: Tesla Coiling / High Voltage Research Topics

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

I should think that figuring out experimental methods to understand streamer
growth with "homemade" equipment would be quite useful.  We have a fair
amount of empirical information on the effects of things like topload
size/shape and break rate, power, etc. in a sort of qualitative way.  But,
doing some sort of systematic testing where breakrate, break energy, etc.
could be systematically varied and some way to quantify the results.

Then, figuring out how to do high speed imaging/recording of the streamer
growth in a bang<>bang sense.  Perhaps a rack of video recorders, each set
up with fast shutter speeds (1/10,000 seems very available), and carefully
phased, relative to the bang rate.

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Subject: Re: Tesla Coiling / High Voltage Research Topics


 > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >
 > I think you misinterpreted my question.  I'm looking for research ideas
that
 > haven't been fully explored yet in tesla coil construction / operation and
 > similar high voltage related areas.  There has been quite of been of
 > research in these areas in the past 100 years, so I'm trying to narrow in
on
 > something
 > that still hasn't been done necessarily.
 >
 > For example, one area is the characterization impedance of streamer
loading.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >  > DAN: My interests have always been nuclear and high energy lasers. I
have
 >  > constructed gas lasers of 4 meg watt pulse. so there is a lot of room
to
 >  > play.
 >  >     Robert   H
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:39 PM
 >  > Subject: Tesla Coiling / High Voltage Research Topics
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Just curious to get a list of some of the open high voltage / tesla
 > coil
 >  >  > research topics that we would like to see explored etc...
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Instead of just building some coils for fun, I'd like to narrow in
on a
 >  >  > particular problem / topic and do some serious research on it.
 >  >  > However, I realize that quite of bit of research has already been
done
 >  >  > within the realm of tesla coil systems, so i am asking the group
 >  >  > if anyone knows of any particular areas which may be research worthy
 > and
 >  >  > hasn't been done to death already.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Thanks
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Dan
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