Characterization of different wire configurations in underwater electrical explosion

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-98

  Veksler, Dekel ^a   Sayapin, Arkady ^a   Efimov, Sergey ^a   Krasik, Yakov E ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Current; Pasma generation; Shock waves (SWs); Switches

Indexed keywords

EXPLODING WIRES; EXPLOSIONS; EXPLOSIVES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; SHOCK WAVES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WAVES; WIRE;

CURRENT; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; PASMA GENERATION; SHOCK WAVES (SWS); SWITCHES; TIME SCALING; WATER FLOW (IGC: D7/E14); WIRE EXPLOSION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 58549084008     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2006176     Document Type: Article

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