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Numerical studies of exploding-wire plasmas

Author(s) -

D.L. Chapin,

James J. Duderstadt,

D. R. Bach

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

journal of applied physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1089-7550

pISSN - 0021-8979

DOI - 10.1063/1.1663482

Subject(s) - magnetohydrodynamics , magnetohydrodynamic drive , electrical resistivity and conductivity , plasma , thermal conductivity , magnetic field , mechanics , partial differential equation , physics , nonlinear system , differential equation , materials science , condensed matter physics , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics

A plasma created by exploding a thin lithium wire in a vacuum is analyzed using a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model. The two‐temperature MHD equations including finite thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity are derived in one‐dimensional cylindrical geometry. The resulting system of six coupled nonlinear partial differential equations in six unknowns is then solved numerically. Results of the calculation including spatial dependence of density, temperature, and magnetic field and time dependence of the radial profile and average temperature are given. These calculated properties are compared to available experimental results, giving favorable agreement

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