An overview of the methods for numerical simulation of electrical discharges in liquids

Summary form only given. High values of pressure and temperature can be achieved under electrical discharges in liquids. This explains the interest in their widespread application both in physical experiments on pulsed power and in industry. A wide-range of quantitative information on these phenomena was analysed and systematized at the Institute of Pulse Research and Engineering due to investigations carried out during the last few years. The aims of this paper are to determine the main trends of R&D in the field of numerical simulation of electrical discharges in liquids, to show the achieved results, and to expose some new problems for electrical discharge modeling.