Electrical wire explosion as a source of underwater shock waves

H Shi, G Yin, X Li, J Wu, AB Murphy… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE) is an appealing source of underwater
shock waves (SWs) with a high conversion efficiency from electrical energy to mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Experiments on the characteristics of underwater electrical wire explosions for reservoir stimulation

R Han, J Wu, H Zhou, Y Zhang, A Qiu, J Yan… - Matter and Radiation …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Underwater shock waves generated by pulsed electrical discharges are an effective,
economical, and environmentally friendly means of stimulating reservoirs, and this …

A novel method for investigating the underwater explosion loads and bubble evolution

Y Gao, T Yang, C Wang, Y Sun - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents an innovative experimental method for studying the evolution and
energy output characteristics of underwater explosion bubbles. We independently …

Numerical simulations for design optimization of wire array in underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE)

C Xu, Z Liu, X Zou, X Wang - IEEE Transactions on Plasma …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
How to enhance the shock wave (SW) generated by underwater electrical wire explosion
(UEWE) is one of the core problems in dynamic high-pressure loading. In this article …

Numerical Analysis on Acceleration Process and Shock Initiation of Parylene C− Cu Flyer in Exploding Foil Initiator

C Xu, Z Liu - Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parylene C flyer coated with copper film was often used to shock and initiate insensitive
explosives in exploding foil initiator (EFI). However, there were few studies on the …

Electrical explosion in a medium: plasmas, shock waves, and applications

R Han - Pulsed Discharge Plasmas: Characteristics and …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter mainly reviews the physics and applications of exploding conductors via pulsed
current in air/water. Most of the mentioned work is performed in Beijing Institute of …

Underwater electrical explosion of metallic wire and tube: A comparison study

S Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Lu, H Zhao, C Luo, H Wang… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
With an initial energy storage of approximately 53.5 kJ, experiments on underwater electrical
explosions of metallic wire and thin-wall tube were conducted. Two sets of controlled …

Study on the shock wave generated by underwater electrical explosion of Al wire coated with CuO powder

C Xu, Z Liu - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - Springer
It is well-known that alumino-thermic reaction can release a massive amount of heat. In this
paper, the heat released by Al/CuO was chosen as an additional energy to improve the …

基于串并联丝阵与放电相似性的水中丝爆丝阵负载优化设计

钱盾, 王异凡, 朱郁馨, 王尊, 冯宇哲 - 强激光与粒子束, 2025 - hplpb.com.cn
为提高水中金属丝电爆炸(水中丝爆) 产生的冲击波, 将多根丝并联形成丝阵负载,
但此方法会降低负载电阻导致沉积功率低. 为解决这一问题, 通过电流“换向件” …

Analysis of electrical characteristics of electric explosion wire in different environments based on normal model

Y Liu, Q Song, H Deng, Y Liu, P Chen, K Huang - Electrical Engineering, 2024 - Springer
There are some problems in the analysis of electrical characteristics of electric explosion
wire in different environments, such as inaccurate parameters, resulting in poor effect of …