Electrical Breakdown in Water in the Microsecond Regime

Abstract

This paper describes the research on electrical breakdown in water currently being pursued at NSWC/DL. The experimental apparatus is described in some detail. Results of over 500 tests are presented. Breakdown events were observed predominantly in the 2-10 microsecond time domain for applied electrical fields in the range 200-500 KV/ em. The wide scatter of the breakdown time which is intrinsic to the phenomena requires a careful examination of the statistics of the data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA637908

Entities

People

  • D. B. Fenneman
  • R. J. Gripshover

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Capacitance
  • Capacitors
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Deaeration
  • Electrodes
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Microsecond Time
  • Regression Analysis
  • Resistance
  • Resistors
  • Statistics
  • Thermistors
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design