X-ray radiography of the overheating instability in underwater electrical explosions of wires

Yanuka, D.; Rososhek, A.; Theocharous, S.; Bland, S. N.; Krasik, Ya. E.; Olbinado, M. P.; Rack, A.; Oreshkin, E. V.

doi:10.1063/1.5089813

Title: X-ray radiography of the overheating instability in underwater electrical explosions of wires

Journal Article · Wed May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5089813· OSTI ID:1614420

Yanuka, D. ^[1];

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Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa (Israel)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow (Russia). Lebedev Physical Inst.

We introduce the measurements of the development of striation like instabilities during the electrical driven explosions of wires in a water bath. In vacuum based wire explosion experiments, such instabilities have long been known. Yet, in spite of intense research into the explosion of wires in liquids, the development of these instabilities has either not been observed or has been assumed to play a minor role in the parameters of the exploding wire due to the tamping of the wire's explosion. Using synchrotron based multiframe radiography, we have seen the development of platelike density structures along an exploding copper wire. Our measurements were compared to a 2D magnetohydrodynamics simulation, showing similar striation formation. These observed instabilities could affect the measurements of the conductivity of the wire material in the gas-plasma state—an important parameter in the warm dense matter community. The striations could also act as a seed for other instabilities later in time if the wire is in a dense flow of material or experiences a shock from an adjacent wire—as it would do in experiments with arrays of wires.

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Research Organization:: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003764; SC0018088

OSTI ID:: 1614420

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1511527; OSTI ID: 1512428

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 5; ISSN 1070-664X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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