Investigation of Electric Discharge Systems

At IEE RAS, from the middle of the 1960s, the investigations of pulsed electric arcs in hydrogen, nitrogen, argon, etc., at high initial density are carried out. From this time, many pulsed plasmatrons (PPs), electrodischarge light-gas launchers (EDL), combined systems, unique diagnostic PP operating at hydrogen at initial pressure up to 150 MPa, and experimental facilities had been developed. The highest energy in the world of 10 MJ supplied from the shock generator into the discharge chamber of PP was input. Many experimental data on processes in the EDL and PP were obtained. The bodies of 0.2 g to ~ 9 km/s, 12 g to ~ 6 km/s, and 300 g to ~ 2 km/s were launched.