Circuit simulation of the behavior of exploding wires for nano-powder production

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Mao, Z ^a   Zou, X ^a   Wang, X ^a   Liu, X ^a   Jiang, W ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circuit simulation; Exploding wires; Nano powder production

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE CIRCUITS; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; IMPLICIT RELATIONSHIPS; METAL WIRES; NANO POWDERS; NANO-POWDER PRODUCTION; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; RESISITIVITY;

ALUMINA; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POWDER METALS; SILVER; TITANIUM; ZINC;

EXPLODING WIRES;

EID: 65549149951     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026303460900007X     Document Type: Article

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