This document describes a student's project to build an electromagnetic accelerator over the course of a school year. The student wanted to build the accelerator because it seemed like a cool project. They learned about electromagnetic accelerators from online sources and encountered many problems getting their design to work properly, such as capacitors that would not charge and parts that broke. The student concluded that electromagnetic concepts are complex but that they learned a lot about electronics, design, and the importance of organization through completing the project.

1. Year of
13/14
Mohit Aasi

2. What did I want to do?
ElectroMagnetic
Accelerator!!

3. Why?
CAUSE IT’S
COOL!!!!!

4. How’d I learn??
Barry’s Electromagnetic Accelerator
Delta V Engineering
Uzzors2k
MegaVolts.nl
wiki.4hv.org

5. Barry’s ElectroMagnetic
Accelerator
where N = number
of turns, A =
average coil radius,
B = coil length, and
C = coil thickness.
All dimensions are
in inches and the
result is
microhenries.

8. WHAT IS A
ElectroMagnetic
Accelerator????

9. CAPACITORS??
• HOLD CHARGE
• CAPACITANCE IS THE
ELECTRICAL CHARGE
MEASURED IN FARADS
• ENERGY : JOULES = .5C(V)^2

14. Problems?
TO
MANY!!!!!
D:

15. • CAPACTORS DECIDED NOT TO
WORK, I MIGHT NOT BE GIVING
ENOUGH AMPS OR VOLTS? DID
LOTS OF TEST NOTHING WORKED
• BARREL AND COIL BROKE D: !!
• TRIED TO REACH
PERFECTION!!!!!!
• TRIED TO LEARN EVERYTHING
TOO FAST

16. What I learned?
A LOT!!!!!!!!!
Longer coil – more acceleration
Easy access to wire! Thick wire means more
amps
Clean circuit, c’mon no mess! IT’S
DANGEROUS
Keep it SIMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17. ELECTOR
MAGNETISISM IS
SOME TOUGH
STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18. For the future?
Build faster charging circuit!!!
CASE THE THING! ITS
DANGEROUS!!!
MACHINE ¼ INCH PROJECTILE NOT
3/8 !!!!
SHOOT THINGS!!!

20. Anymore Projects?
DO I HAVE ANYTHING
MORE TO SAY?

21. IT WAS
HARD!!!!
POINT TO POINT PROGRAMMING
CREATOR OF THE VJ1/VJ2 = T1/T2
FORMULA
BUT FUN!!!!!!!!

22. SOME MORE?
YUPP!! :D
DRIVER
STATIONS

23. V1 !!

29. V2!!!!!

35. V3!!!!!

40. V4!!!!

47. ANY MORE
PROJECTS?
?????????

48. UHH… NOPE
THAT’S IT
THERE WAS THE
ENGINE BUT
NEVER GOT
FINISHED… :

49. SO WHAT
DID I
LEARN?????

50. ELECTRO
MAGNETICS
IS DAMN
HARD!!!!!

51. SOLIDWORKS!
YAY!!!!!!!

52. BASIC
ELECTRICAL

53. AND A DAMN
WHOLE LOT OF
ORGANIZATION
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!