THE APPLICATION OF P.W. BRIDGMAN'S 'NEW EMF' TO EXPLODING WIRE PHENOMENA

Abstract

P.W. Bridgman propounded the possible existence of a 'New emf' generated in a conductor carrying a current due to a time varying temperature. This emf was not detected by any researchers due to the fact that the magnitude of this generated voltage is very small under normal conditions. However, under the conditions of an exploding wire the magnitude of the emf can become increasingly important. It is shown that this effect can possibly account for the excess energy required to melt and vaporize a wire under the extreme conditions of a rapid discharge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1944
Accession Number
AD0602913

Entities

People

  • Kenneth G. Moses
  • Theodore Korneff

Organizations

  • Temple University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Gaps
  • Capacitors
  • Charge Carriers
  • Climate Change
  • Coefficients
  • Current Density
  • Deflection
  • Discontinuities
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Exploding Wires
  • Heat Energy
  • Inductance
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Physics
  • Universities

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.