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Imploding shock waves in a pulsed induction discharge

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Imploding shock waves can be obtained in various ways [1, 2], but they are not always stable [3]. The present paper reports an experimental study in inert gases of imploding cylindrical shock waves obtained by means of a pulsed induction discharge. The interaction of the shock waves with the gas-discharge plasma was investigated. A description is given of an experiment with a rectangular discharge chamber in which imploding shock waves having a complicated cross section arise.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 182–188, May–June, 1984.

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Baronets, P.N. Imploding shock waves in a pulsed induction discharge. Fluid Dyn 19, 503–508 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01093922

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