Title :
Explosion of thin aluminum foils in air
Author :
Baksht, R. ; Yankelevich, Y. ; Ziv, I. ; Porkryvailo, A.
Author_Institution :
Propulsion Phys. Laboratory, Soreq Nucl. Res. Center, Yavne, Israel
Abstract :
The electrical explosion of a cylindrical Al foil was studied. The experiments were carried out using an inductive storage facility with a current of up to 40 kA. Owing to the high inductance of the storage (240 /spl mu/H), the current was staying constant during the explosion process. The fuse explosion was studied in the time range of 0.1 ms \n\n\t\t
Keywords :
aluminium; discharges (electric); exploding wires; explosions; cylindrical Al foil; electrical explosion; metal vapor embryos; plasma channel; restrike field; wire explosion process; Aluminum; Embryo; Explosions; Fuses; Inductance; Photography; Plasmas; Surface resistance; Voltage; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2003. Digest of Technical Papers. PPC-2003. 14th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7915-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2003.1277920
