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Title: PREDICTING TIME-OF-BURST OF EXPLODING WIRES FROM THERMODYNAMIC AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4008733

A method of predicting the upper bound of the time-ofburst from known thermodynamic and electrical properties of the wire material is presented. The measurement of time-of-burst can yield information on properties of the material at high temperatures. The method consists of determining transformation time integrals'' of the form of action integrals'' that have been empirically observed in exploding wire work. In cases where enough thermodynamic data are available, the computed transformation time integral numerically agrees with observed action integrals within a few percent. (auth)

Research Organization:
California. Univ., Livermore. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
NSA Number:
NSA-18-020634
OSTI ID:
4008733
Report Number(s):
UCRL-7177; CONF-24-22
Resource Relation:
Other Information: From the 4th Symposium on Engineering Aspects of Magnetohydrodynamics, Berkeley, Calif., Apr. 1963. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English