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Electric Discharge Caused by Expanding Armatures in Flux Compression Generators

  • Sergey I. Shkuratov
  • , Jason Baird
  • , Evgueni F. Talantsev
  • , Larry L. Altgilbers

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Abstract

In this letter, we experimentally demonstrate that explosively driven expansion of metallic armature of the magnetic flux compression generator (FCG) plays a dominant role in the formation of plasma and electric discharge initiation inside the FCG.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalApplied Physics Letters
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2009

Keywords

  • Discharges (Electric)
  • Pulse generators
  • Pulsed Power Supplies

Disciplines

  • Mining Engineering

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