Comparison of underwater electrical wire explosions with large and small capacitors charged to a same energy

• Published in: Physics of plasmas Vol. 27; no. 6
• Main Authors: Li, Liuxia, Qian, Dun, Liu, Zhigang, Zou, Xiaobing, Wang, Xinxin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Capacitors; Charging; Circuits; Copper wire; Deposition; Energy; Energy storage; Explosions; Internal energy; Plasma physics; Shock waves; Underwater

In order to investigate the effect of the current rise rate on the underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE), two pulsed sources were used. One pulsed power source used an energy-storage capacitor of 1 μF while the other used a 200 μF capacitor. These two capacitors were charged to the same energy...