The dynamics of wire array Z pinches are greatly affected by the initial state of the wires,which can be preconditioned by a prepulse current.Recent advances in experimental research on preconditioned wire array Z pin...The dynamics of wire array Z pinches are greatly affected by the initial state of the wires,which can be preconditioned by a prepulse current.Recent advances in experimental research on preconditioned wire array Z pinches at Xi’an Jiaotong University are presented in this paper.Single-wire explosion experiments were carried out to check the state of the preconditioning and to obtain the current parameters needed for wire gasification.Double-wire explosion experiments were conducted to investigate the temporal evolution of the density distribution of the two gasified wires.Based on the results of these experiments,a double-pulse Z-pinch facility,Qin-1,in which a 10 kA prepulse current was coupled with the 0.8 MA main current was designed and constructed.Wire arrays of different wire materials,including silver and tungsten,can be preconditioned by the prepulse current to a gaseous state.Implosion of the two preconditioned aluminum wires exhibited no ablation and little trailing mass.展开更多
文摘The dynamics of wire array Z pinches are greatly affected by the initial state of the wires,which can be preconditioned by a prepulse current.Recent advances in experimental research on preconditioned wire array Z pinches at Xi’an Jiaotong University are presented in this paper.Single-wire explosion experiments were carried out to check the state of the preconditioning and to obtain the current parameters needed for wire gasification.Double-wire explosion experiments were conducted to investigate the temporal evolution of the density distribution of the two gasified wires.Based on the results of these experiments,a double-pulse Z-pinch facility,Qin-1,in which a 10 kA prepulse current was coupled with the 0.8 MA main current was designed and constructed.Wire arrays of different wire materials,including silver and tungsten,can be preconditioned by the prepulse current to a gaseous state.Implosion of the two preconditioned aluminum wires exhibited no ablation and little trailing mass.
