Generation of Electrohydraulic Shock Waves by Plasma-Ignited Energetic Materials: I. Fundamental Mechanisms and Processes

Ruoyu Han, Haibin Zhou, Qiaojue Liu, Jiawei Wu, Yan Jing, Youchuang Chao, Yongmin Zhang, Aici Qiu

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Abstract

Shock waves in water have many applications, such as lithotripsy, sterilization, weapons, and so on. Underwater electrical wire explosion can be utilized to produce shock waves with fast front and short duration time efficiently. In order to amplify the energy of shock waves, energetic materials (EMs) were considered. In this paper, Al, Cu, Mo, and W wires with EM covers were designed and tested. The results showed that wire explosion ignited the EMs, which in turn affected the process of wire explosion. As a result, the duration time of shock waves was elongated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7222467
Pages (from-to)3999-4008
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume43
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chemistry
  • electrohydraulic shock waves
  • energetic materials (EMs)
  • plasma ignition
  • underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE).

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