Novel pulsed power applications.

dc.contributor.advisor	Michaelis, Max M.
dc.creator	Turner, Geoffrey Robert.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-12-15T12:51:17Z
dc.date.available	2011-12-15T12:51:17Z
dc.date.created	2001
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4632
dc.description	Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.	en
dc.description.abstract	The 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.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Electric discharges.	en
dc.subject	Theses--Physics.	en
dc.title	Novel pulsed power applications.	en
dc.type	Thesis	en