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dc.contributor.advisorMichaelis, Max M.
dc.creatorTurner, Geoffrey Robert.
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T12:51:17Z
dc.date.available2011-12-15T12:51:17Z
dc.date.created2001
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/4632
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this dissertation is to examine the mechanisms of the glow (Townsend) discharge, the arc (streamer) discharge, the corona discharge, and the vacuum discharge. The physics of each discharge is presented and then investigated by way of mathematical model and experiment. Four novel pulsed power experiments constructed for the purpose of examining each discharge are presented. Namely a transverse electric atmospheric carbon-dioxide laser, a flashlamp, a surface corona apparatus, and a plasma opening switch. Methods for the measurement of short duration intense electric and electromagnetic events are included. Practical aspects of pulsed power experimentation are discussed.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectElectric discharges.en
dc.subjectTheses--Physics.en
dc.titleNovel pulsed power applications.en
dc.typeThesisen


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