Accession Number:

AD0780012

Title:

The Effect of Applied Magnetic Fields on the Pause Time Phenomenon of Exploding Wires.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY MISSILE COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL ALA GUIDANCE AND CONTROL DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Holder,D.

Report Date:

1974-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

The report covers experimental work performed on the processes of a wire undergoing electrical explosion. The object was to explore the effects of an externally-impressed magnetic field. The external field was applied in two different manners transversely arc blow-out fashion and axially magnetic pinch fashion. The particular process of interest is that phenomenon termed dark pause. The span of this pause is measured and compared for the same size wire sample for each field orientation. Author

Descriptors:

• *EXPLODING WIRES
• PINCH EFFECT
• ELECTRIC ARCS
• GRAPHICS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE