TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of inductance on the metallization removal of exploding films
AU - Muffoletto, Mark T.
AU - Upia, Antonio
AU - Disanto, Thomas M.
AU - Muffoletto, Daniel P.
AU - Burk, Kevin M.
AU - Zirnheld, Jennifer L.
AU - Moore, Harry L.
AU - Singh, Hardev
AU - Haney, Preston
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - During the electrical explosion of a thin metallized film, the metallization layer is heated rapidly up to vaporization where the film bursts and the metal layer is ejected from the substrate. It has been shown that adding inductance in the dis-charge path changes the characteristics of the explosion; most notably it alters the energy transfer efficiency. This work sets out to explore the metallization removed as a function of in-ductance, namely how much of the metallized surface is liber-ated during the explosion of the film. An image processing technique is used to quantify the metallization removal and the results of this effort are discussed herein.
AB - During the electrical explosion of a thin metallized film, the metallization layer is heated rapidly up to vaporization where the film bursts and the metal layer is ejected from the substrate. It has been shown that adding inductance in the dis-charge path changes the characteristics of the explosion; most notably it alters the energy transfer efficiency. This work sets out to explore the metallization removed as a function of in-ductance, namely how much of the metallized surface is liber-ated during the explosion of the film. An image processing technique is used to quantify the metallization removal and the results of this effort are discussed herein.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84861369606
U2 - 10.1109/PPC.2011.6191462
DO - 10.1109/PPC.2011.6191462
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861369606
SN - 9781457706295
T3 - Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference
SP - 446
EP - 448
BT - IEEE Conference Record - PPC 2011, Pulsed Power Conference 2011
T2 - 18th IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference, PPC 2011
Y2 - 19 June 2011 through 23 June 2011
ER -