Title :
Investigating Long-Distance Exploding-Wire Restrike
Author :
Sinton, Rowan ; Van Herel, Ryan ; Enright, Wade ; Bodger, Pat
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
fDate :
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An experimental setup was built using commonly available high-voltage laboratory equipment to investigate the creation of exploding-wire restrikes up to 9 m long. Sets of voltage traces are presented with varying applied average electric fields. Restrikes (formation of plasma paths) have been found to occur in a region of average electric field between 5.6 and 15 kV/m. The average electric field of this region of restrikes is relatively low and will assist in investigation of novel plasma conductor configurations.
Keywords :
exploding wires; plasma transport processes; spark gaps; high-voltage laboratory equipment; long-distance exploding-wire restrike; plasma conductor configurations; plasma path formation; size 9 m; three-electrode triggered spark gap design; voltage traces; Exploding wire (EW); plasma generation; restrike;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2010.2042080
