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 …

This article presents a review of experimental and theoretical studies devoted to the
processes that occur during explosions of wires in vacuum when the current densities in the …

This paper presents a simple but quite accurate numerical model for analyzing electrical
explosion of copper wires in water. The numerical model solves a circuit equation coupled …

Two interacting supersonic water jets and collisions of a water jet with an aluminum target
are studied experimentally and by hydrodynamic simulations. Supersonic water jets form …

We present results on underwater electrical explosions of thin aluminum and copper foils
using a generator delivering∼ 200 kA current amplitude,∼ 0.9 μs rise time pulses. Time …

The results of experimental and numerical research of shockwaves generated by the
underwater electrical explosion of a single wire and a planar wire array are reported …

Using streak images of underwater electrically exploding copper, aluminum, and tungsten
wires (current densities of 10 7–10 8 A/cm 2 and energy density deposition of 10–50 kJ/g) …

This paper presents the electrical conductivity data of copper along the gas branch of the
binodal curve in the warm dense matter (WDM) regime as a function of mass density and …

Underwater electrical wire explosion (UEWE) is an efficient source of underwater shock
waves (SWs). In order to efficiently simulate the interaction between the UEWE SW and …

Experimental and magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulation results and analysis of a μs-
and sub-μs-timescale overdamped underwater electrical explosion of copper wires having …