Magneto-cumulative generator performance by using variable bitter coil-type stator windings

An explosively-driven magneto-cumulative generator that employs a Bitter coil with configurable electromagnet windings and insulation in its stator. An armature with a conducting metal liner filled with high explosive is initiated by an initiator and a switchable seed capacitor. The stator is coaxially aligned with and surrounds the armature and comprises the Bitter coil. A load is coupled between the armature and the Bitter coil. The Bitter coil comprises a series of conducting annular disks with an azimuthal sector of conductor removed. The disks are stacked with interleaved insulation, and are connected turn-by-turn. The windings of the Bitter coil can be modified, turn-by-turn, to change the inner and outer radii, and thickness, of each winding, and the material, size, and spacing of the interleaving insulation. This design variability solves many performance problems of conventional magneto-cumulative generators.