Electric Discharge Caused by Expanding Armatures in Flux Compression Generators

Abstract

In this letter, we experimentally demonstrate that explosively driven expansion of metallic armature of the magnetic flux compression generator FCG plays a dominant role in the formation of plasma and electric discharge initiation inside the FCG.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA533875

Entities

People

  • Evgueni F. Talantsev
  • Jason Baird
  • Larry L. Altgilbers
  • Sergey I. Shkuratov

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armatures
  • Compression
  • Detonations
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Insulation
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • High Explosives
  • High Speed Photography
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Pulsed Power
  • Shock Waves
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.