• DocumentCode
    1188436
  • Title

    Electrothermal Measurements of Bridgewires Used in Electroexplosive Devices

  • Author

    Rosenthal, Louis A.

  • Author_Institution
    U. S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Md.; Also Department of Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1963
  • fDate
    6/1/1963 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    The bridgewire of an electroexplosive device is evaluated for its thermal response to impulse energy and to square-wave power. Thermal time constant and basic electrothermal parameters can be measured from the response. These parameters are useful in the study and characterization of electroexplosive devices.
  • Keywords
    Conductivity; Cooling; Electrothermal effects; Explosives; Pulse circuits; Resistance heating; Temperature; Testing; Time measurement; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.1963.4313321
  • Filename
    4313321