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Energy characteristics of an explosively driven plasma compressor

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Two basic parameters affect the energy characteristics of an explosively driven plasma compressor: the fill density and the ratio of the mass of explosive to the plate mass. Despite the increase in plasma energy, as the filling density in the compression chamber is increased, the specific energy of the plasma decreases due to the arrival of impurities from the chamber walls. In order to obtain high compressor efficiencies, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of energy transfer from the projectile plate to the plasma (η2) by choosing appropriate values of the operating parameters (rM and σ).

The author thanks A. A. Deribas, A. E. Voitenko, and L. V. Al'tshuler for discussing these results and for valuable comments and V. Yu. Afonin for help in doing the experiments.

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Novosibirsk. Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 135–139, November–December, 1979.

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Kirko, V.I. Energy characteristics of an explosively driven plasma compressor. Combust Explos Shock Waves 15, 803–806 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739875

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