Possibility of generating strong magnetic fields in conducting materials by the action of high-velocity penetrators

Abstract

The possibility of increasing the intensity of a magnetic field produced previously in a conducting medium moving under the action of a high-velocity penetrating body is analyzed. A simplified model of the interaction of an impactor and a conducting target with a transverse magnetic field is constructed within the framework of a one-dimensional scheme. It is shown that the degree of increase in the field intensity is determined by the relation between the magnetic-field compressibility and diffusion factors, and the corresponding dimensionless determining parameters is determined. Magnetic-field compression is estimated for a perfectly conducting medium and media with real conductivity. The significance of the thermal and mechanical effects accompanying the penetration of an impactor into a target with a transverse magnetic field is assessed.