AN ACCELERATION DRIVEN TRANSFORMER TYPE ENERGY INTERRUPTOR

THIS EFFORT EVALUATES TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF AN ACCELERATION DRIVEN TRANSFORMER TYPE ENERGY INTERRUPTOR SYSTEM FOR A GUIDED MISSILE. THE INTERRUPTOR INSURES THAT THE GUIDED MISSILE HAS TRAVELED A SAFE DISTANCE FROM LAUNCH PLATFORM BEFORE ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY FROM THE GUIDED MISSILE BATTERY TO THE FIRING CIRCUITS IN THE S-A DEVICE. THE DEVICE USES A PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETER TO SENSE THE LAUNCH AND FLIGHT ACCELERATIONS OF THE MISSILE AND A MICROPROCESSOR TO PERFORM DOUBLE INTEGRATION TO CALCULATE THE DISTANCE TRAVELED. A TYPICAL LAUNCH AND FLIGHT PATTERN IS ASSUMED. THE MICROPROCESSOR IS PROGRAMMED TO FUNCTION AS A KEY CONTROLLER AND IT GENERATES A UNIQUE SIGNAL FOR A TRANSFORMER IN THE POWER CIRCUIT WHICH IS ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS UNIQUE SIGNAL AND FUNCTIONS ONLY AFTER THE UNIQUE SIGNAL IS PROPERLY RECEIVED. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROGRAM A BREADBOARD MODEL WILL BE DESIGNED FABRICATED, AND TESTED BY COMPUTER SIMULATION.