Underwater electrical explosion of wires: Physics and applications

Summary form only given. Underwater electrical explosion of single wires in 10^-7s-10^-6s timescales for research related to Equation of States and conductivity models of different materials and underwater electrical explosion of either cylindrical or spherical wire arrays for the generation of converging strong shock waves for studying compressed water at extreme conditions will be presented. In addition, the stability of azimuthal non-uniformities in cylindrical converging shock wave, as well as the generation of cumulative jets by underwater electrical explosion of x-pinch and conical wire configurations, will be discussed together with the results of strong shock waves convergence in super-spherical geometry.