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Electric Discharge Caused By Expanding Armatures In Flux Compression Generators, Sergey I. Shkuratov, Jason Baird, Evgueni F. Talantsev, Larry L. Altgilbers
Electric Discharge Caused By Expanding Armatures In Flux Compression Generators, Sergey I. Shkuratov, Jason Baird, Evgueni F. Talantsev, Larry L. Altgilbers
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In this letter, we experimentally demonstrate that explosively driven expansion of metallic armature of the magnetic flux compression generator (FCG) plays a dominant role in the formation of plasma and electric discharge initiation inside the FCG.