The determination of voltage in exploding‐foil experiments

摘要

A basic problem in exploding‐foil experiments is the placement of the voltage probes since they cannot be located at the ideal position where the voltage drop shoud be measured. As a result, they are placed so that they introduce error into the measurements. Therefore, knowing how much experimental error exists in these voltage measurements is quite important. In this study, a theoretical determination of the potential drop in a nonlinear conductor is made using both steady‐state and dynamic models. Estimates of the magnitude of experimental errors are calculated.