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 …

Underwater shock waves generated by pulsed electrical discharges are an effective,
economical, and environmentally friendly means of stimulating reservoirs, and this …

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 …

The parametric relationships between underwater shock waves (SWs) in far-field regime
and electrically exploded wire under different charging voltages of a generator are …

We present the results of the research on underwater electrical explosion of planar copper
wire arrays, accompanied by the generation of a planar shock, using the synchrotron-based …

During underwater electrical wire explosion, liquid–vapor transitions are crucial to the
energy deposition and the generation of shock waves. To explore the characteristics of …

The physical image of breakdown dynamics inside striations is depicted. High-speed
photography along with electrophysical and spectral diagnostics reveals three modes for …

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 …

Electrothermal instability is responsible for degrading numerous applications of pulsed-
power technology, yet the initial conditions from which it grows are not well understood. For …

A model has been considered to describe the development of a surface discharge over a
conductor electrically exploding in a strong magnetic field. A simulation performed using this …