The large-scale vortex structures in plasma-like media and the electric explosion of conductors

Formation of large-scale hydrodynamic convective patterns in plasma-like current-carrying media is considered. This process is shown to be described by the same equations, as Benard rolls, except that a temperature field must be replaced by a magnetic field. A simple low-mode model of spatial pattern formation for a case of cylindrical liquid-metal conductor with current is proposed and investigated. Nonlinear interaction of perturbations of the magnetic field and the velocity field results in an increase of effective conductor resistance even when transport coefficients are constant. In our opinion, it is this instability, that is of first importance at the initial stages of the electric explosion of conductors. In particular, it leads to conductor stratification and electric current interruption. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.     

双层塑料靶丸的X射线相衬成像

 为对微聚焦X射线相衬成像技术应用于双层以及多层塑料靶丸成像和特征分析进行可行性研究,基于类同轴X射线成像技术,综合考虑成像放大倍数、分辨率和衬度等因素,选择合适的实验参数,成功获得了较为清晰的双层塑料靶丸X射线相衬成像照片;采用数字图像处理技术的图像分割手段,如拉普拉斯高斯边缘检测法等对所成像中靶丸边界特征进行分析处理,获得了双层靶丸内层厚度为（10.5±0.6） μm,外层厚度为（9.2±0.7） μm,靶丸外径为（273.3±1.0） μm等参数。     

The Electric Explosion of Conductors in Megagauss Magnetic Fields

The results are presented from an experimental study of the explosion of copper conductors performed at ~2 MA current pulse with a rise time of 100 ns using the MIG generator. Using a HSFC Pro optical camera, large-scale instabilities with wavelengths of 0.2–0.5 mm are recorded on the surface of the conductor. The instabilities are tongue-shaped ejections of plasma expanding at the speed of sound in the direction opposite the gradient of the magnetic field. The obtained data are analyzed using two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulation. It is shown the emergence of the observed structure was likely due to the growth of flute instabilities.     

Metastable states and their disintegration at pulse liquid heating and electrical explosion of conductors

The regularities of formation of metastable states and their disintegration under pulse liquid heating and electrical heating and explosion of conductors are studied. With a high energy flux density, the phase transitions occur with a high intensity of heat and mass fluxes, leading to spontaneous generation of a new phase and to phase explosion. The basic features of bubble-like disintegration in not uniformly superheated water and alcohol layers on the microheater are found. Regularities of matter disintegration with electrically exploded conductors are obtained. The metastable liquid disintegration is experimentally investigated for characteristic times of matter transfer to a metastable state of 1 to 4 μs; phase transitions during electric conductor explosion are studied at characteristic times of transfer to a metastable state to 200 ns. A common approach to describing the effects with radically different characteristic times of transfer of the matter to a metastable state is developed.     

Oscillation galvanomagnetic effect in double-layer metal films

A semiclassical approximation has been used to analyze theoretically the dependence of the conductivity σ (resistivity ρ) of a double-layer film consisting of plane-parallel single-crystal metal layers of different thickness d_j ≠ d_n and grade l_j ≠ l_n on the layer thickness ratio d_2,1 = d₂/d₁ and on the magnitude of the magnetic field normal to the layer interface. A general expression (for any d_2,1) and asymptotic expressions (for thick and thin (compared to the electron free path l_j) metal layers in a weak and a strong magnetic field) for the conductivity of a double-layer specimen have been obtained. A nonmonotonic relation between the conductivity of a double-layer film and the layer thickness ratio at weak magnetic fields has been predicted which is sensitive to the character of the interaction of charge carriers with the conductor boundaries. At strong magnetic fields, ρ becomes an oscillating function of magnetic field (layer thickness). A detailed numerical analysis of the resistivity of a double-layer film on the layer thickness ratio and on the magnetic field strength has been performed for arbitrary values of the parameters that describe the character of the interaction of charge carriers with the specimen boundaries. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp. 26–33, July, 2007.     

Comparative simulation of switching regimes of magnetic explosion generators by copper and aluminum magnetodynamic current breakers taking into account elastoplastic properties of materials

We report on the results of the computer simulation of the operation of magnetodynamic break switches used as the second stage of current pulse formation in magnetic explosion generators. The simulation was carried out under the conditions when the magnetic field energy density on the surface of the switching conductor as a function of the current through it was close to but still did not exceed the critical value typical of the beginning of electric explosion. In the computational model, we used the parameters of experimentally tested sample of a coil magnetic explosion generator that can store energy of up to 2.7 MJ in the inductive storage circuit and equipped with a primary explosion stage of the current pulse formation. It has been shown that the choice of the switching conductor material, as well as its elastoplastic properties, considerably affects the breaker speed. Comparative results of computer simulation for copper and aluminum have been considered.     

Electrical explosion of conductors in the high-pressure zone of a convergent shock wave

The effect of the environmental pressure on the electrical explosion of a conductor (fine tungsten wire of diameter 30 μm) in an insulating liquid (distilled water) is studied. The pressure in the water is produced by exploding a multiwire array with the test conductor on its axis. Along with the experiment, the magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the explosion is carried out. It is shown that a high pressure produced in the explosion zone retards the electrical explosion of the conductor and, consequently, increases the explosion energy.     

吸收辐射复合金刚石膜的制备及光学研究

采用微波等离子体化学气相沉积（MW-PCVD）和直流热阴极辉光放电等离子体化学气相沉积（DC-PCVD）两种方法相结合,制备出一种吸收辐射的复合金刚石膜,它对宽光谱范围的光辐射具有99%—99.2%的吸收率,同时具有较低的反射率和透过率.随着黑色吸收辐射金刚石层厚度的增加,复合金刚石膜的热导率将小幅度降低,但黑色金刚石膜层厚度小于15 μm时,复合金刚石膜的热导率都在16 W·cm^-1·K^-1以上,这满足吸收辐射复合金刚石膜的高导热需求.用热阴极DC-PCVD方 关键词： 吸收辐射 光学材料 金刚石 热导率     

Physical aspects of the formation of various allotropic modifications of nanocarbon during electric explosion

The phase composition of the carbon nanomaterials synthesized upon an electric explosion of graphite cylindrical conductors is shown to depend on the introduced specific energy, the rate of increase of the electric current, the current density, and the thermophysical properties of the quenching medium. An electric explosion can be used to fabricate fullerenes, nanotubes, and nanodiamonds.     

Optical Recording of the Surface Plasma of Cylindrical Conductors in Strong Magnetic Fields

Russian Physics Journal - Results are presented of experiments on the explosion of aluminum and titanium conductors that were carried out on a multipurpose impulse generator (MIG) (current...     

X-ray backlighting of two-wire Z-pinch plasma using X-pinch

Two 50-μm Mo wires in parallel used as a Z-pinch load are electrically exploded with a pulsed current rising to 275 kA in 125 ns and their explosion processes are backlighted using an X-pinch as an x-ray source.The backlighting images show clearly the processes similar to those occurring in the initial stages of a cylindrical wire-array Z-pinch,including the electric explosion of single wires characterised by the dense wire cores surrounded by a low-density coronal plasma,the expansion of the exploding wire,the sausage instability (m=0) in the coronal plasma around each wire,the motion of the coronal plasma as well as the wire core toward the current centroid,the formation of the precursor plasma column with a twist structure something like that of higher mode instability,especially the kink instability (m=1).     

Plasma density evolution in plasma opening switch obtained by a time-resolved sensitive He-Ne interferometer

To understand the formation process of vacuum gap in coaxial microsecond conduction time plasma opening switch (POS), we have made measurements of the line-integrated plasma density during switch operation using a time-resolved sensitive He-Ne interferometer. The conduction current and conduction time in experiments are about 120 kA and 1 μs, respectively. As a result, more than 85% of conduction current has been transferred to an inductive load with rise time of 130 ns. The radial dependence of the density is measured by changing the radial location of the line-of-sight for shots with the same nominal POS parameters. During the conduction phase, the line-integrated plasma density in POS increases at all radial locations over the gun-only case by further ionization of material injected from the guns. The current conduction is observed to cause a radial redistribution of the switch plasma. A vacuum gap forms rapidly in the plasma at 5.5 mm from the center conductor, which is consistent with the location where magnetic pressure is the largest, allowing current to be transferred from the POS to the load.     

Leontovich-Levin equation taking into account finite conductivity of a conductor

A generalization of the Leontovich-Levin equation for current in an ideally conducting linear vibrator to the case of a finite-conductivity conductor is considered. This generalization is valid for strong and weak skin effects, as well as for inhomogeneous conductors with an axisymmetric conductivity distribution (in particular, for carbon nanotubes, CNTs). The internal structure of the conductor is fully described by the internal impedance per unit length. A recurrent scheme is proposed for calculating such an impedance for layer-inhomogeneous conductors. A particular case of the impedance for metallic achiral CNTs is considered, and substantial differences between this case and the macroscopic model of a conductor with full skin effect are indicated.     

Skin effect in massive conductors used in pulsed electrical devices: I. Electromagnetic field of massive conductors

The diffusion of a pulsed electromagnetic field into massive conductors with an arbitrary smooth surface is considered for the case where the field penetration depth is small. By using the boundary layer method, an asymptotic solution for the electromagnetic field is constructed. First-and second-order corrections to the limiting solution, which corresponds to the field distribution at an indefinitely high conductivity of the conductors, are found. Time dependences of the first-and second-order approximations to the electric field on the surface of the conductor are determined.     

Transport in dispersed ionic conductors: Effect of insulating particle size

Dispersed ionic conductors are random mixtures of a solid salt, e.g. AgI, LiI, with fine particles of an insulating second phase, like Al₂O₃ or SiO₂. These composites can show a dramatic increase in ionic conductivity compared to the pure homogeneous system. Generally, this observation is attributed to an increased conductivity along the internal interface between the conducting salt and the insulating material. In this work a three-component random resistor network (RRN) model for dispersed ionic conductors is reviewed. In the model, the ionic conductor is represented by normally conducting bonds, the insulating material by non-conducting bonds and the interface between the two phases by highly conducting bonds. A special feature of the model is the existence of two critical concentrations of the insulating phase, p′_c and p″_c , for interface percolation and bulk conduction, respectively, where critical transport properties corresponding to conductor/superconductor and conductor/insulator networks are predicted. The model describes satisfactorily the dependence on composition of the conductivity and activation energy of dispersed ionic conductors. Furthermore, the observed effect on the conductivity of the size of dispersed particles can be described qualitatively well by a generalized version of the RRN model, which in addition predicts a sensitive dependence of the critical thresholds on particle size. Non-universality features in the critical exponents for the conductivity are also discussed within a continuum percolation analog of the model.     

What initiates the explosion of a current-carrying conductor?

It is shown that the explosion of a conductor heated by a high-power current pulse is initiated by the nuclei of liquid phase that appear in the layer of a supersaturated vapor surrounding the liquid current-carrying core. The instant of electric explosion and the expansion velocity predicted by this scenario are confirmed by the experimental and computational data on current-induced heating of a tungsten conductor.     

Formation of extended directional breakdown channels produced by a copper wire exploding in the atmosphere

Experimental data for switching initiated by the electrical breakdown of air gaps up to 1.9 m long with an arbitrary geometry that are produced by an exploding copper wire 90 μm in diameter are presented. At an initial voltage of 11 kV, the stored energy equals 100–2100 J. Two channel formation conditions are possible: explosion of a wire without electrical breakdown and electrical breakdown in a channel produced by an exploding wire with a delay (current pause) no longer than 250 μs. Current and voltage waveforms across the discharge gap, as well as the resistivity values, under the electrical breakdown conditions are shown. Mechanisms and conditions for streamer initiation at a mean electric field strength in the discharge gap of 5.3–17.0 kV/m are discussed. The geometrical dimensions of plasma objects in the forming channel, the run of the electrical current under breakdown, and the formation mechanism of wire explosion products are found from color microphotographs. The formation mechanism of large aerosols in the form of tiny spherical copper and copper oxide (CuO, Cu₂O) particles under wire explosion conditions is discussed.     

一种新型YBCO高温超导带材临界电流特性测试方法

针对YBCO高温超导带材临界电流特性,文中基于四引线法,构造了一个集成有背景磁场发生装置的减压降温的低温测量装置。该装置包括一个提供背景磁场的双"E"形铁心线圈磁体;一个可以旋转0—360°的超导带材样本架以及一套可实现减压降温功能的低温测试系统。通过对低温杜瓦内温度、YBCO带材所处背景磁场大小、背景磁场与YBCO带材表面夹角的控制,实现了YBCO超导带材在不同温区、不同磁场及磁场方向下的临界电流特性的测量。这种新颖的测量方法和装置,综合考虑了环境温度、背景磁场和磁场方向变化的具体影响,能够获得较全面的YBCO高温超导带材临界电流性能参数。     

低温共烧陶瓷铁氧体环行器的设计与分析

基于叠层片式化结构对工作于S波段的低温共烧陶瓷(LTCC)铁氧体环行器进行设计和分析,模拟研究了器件制备中面临的关键问题对器件频率特性的影响。研究结果表明,采用微波铁氧体层与陶瓷介质层构成混合结构,匹配电路以三维方式进行布线和互联,器件可以获得优良的带内特性。在器件的三维电路布线中,当连接两节阻抗线的导体圆柱端口气隙高度达到20μm时,器件的传输特性和隔离特性急剧恶化。此外,研究还发现微波铁氧体层与陶瓷介质层出现分层时,形成的气隙高度不应大于20μm,否则将导致器件的传输特性和隔离特性显著降低。因此,在进行LTCC铁氧体环行器的制备时,导体圆柱与陶瓷介质层以及微波铁氧体层与陶瓷介质层的异质材料匹配共烧是保障器件优良性能的关键。     

The transport current redistribution between the core layers on the models of HTS cables

The multilayer conductors with insulated and non-insulated layers are analyzed. The space–time current redistributions between the layers of the conductor are investigated for the next parameters: values of electric resistance at the current leads, transverse contact electric resistance between the layers, the model length, time, the conductor dimension, the current—its peak value, the change law and the ramp of the total current input. Most of the published test results for short (from 1 to 10 m) conductor models do not reflect the true current distribution of the real long length cable conductors. The criterion of experimental model constructions and, in particular, the calculation of its minimum length are presented. The calculations demonstrate the electromagnetic processes in real cable conductors.