Mechanism of Plasma Radiation Optics-Ammunition Inspired by Electrically Exploding Wires

Abstract:

In this paper, a new mechanism of plasma radiation optics-ammunition inspired by electrically exploding wires blasting in inert gases is studied. The simulation results indicate that, plasma radiation intensity increased by Mach-number of shock waves, and in all insert gases, argons Mach-number of shock waves is the highest. Silver is the best in common metal materials, and the exploding time and current peak is about linear with the number of wires. And the simulation results agree with the known experiment data and are important to the study of strong pulsed IR optics-ammunition.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 760-762)
• Pages: 421-424
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.760-762.421
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Xuan Ke Zhao, Qing Wu Zhao
• Keywords: Electrically Exploding Wires, Optics-Ammunition, Plasma Radiation, Shock Waves

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