Wire explosion in vacuum: Simulation of a striation appearance

Abstract

This paper presents the simulation results of electrical explosion of thin Al wires at a current rise time of several tens of nanoseconds and at a current density of ∼10⁸ A/cm². Studies include the matter phase transfers and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model. A two-dimensional MHD model based on the particle-in-cell method is used to consider the formation of striations and a low-density plasma corona surrounding the wire. The striations are shown to occur through evolving overheat instabilities early in the explosion, when the conductor material is in the liquid or two-phase states. The process results from the decrease in liquid metal conductivity with increasing temperature and decreasing density.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4771-4776
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	11
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1789996
Publication status	Published - Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Condensed Matter Physics

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