Capacitor Discharge Engineering

High Speed Pulse Technology, Volume III: Capacitor Discharge Engineering covers the production and practical application of capacitor dischargers for the generation and utilization of high speed pulsed of energy in different forms. This nine-chapter volume discusses the principles of electric current, voltage, X-rays, gamma rays, heat, beams of electrons, neutrons and ions, magnetic fields, sound, and shock waves in gases and liquids. Considerable chapters consider the applications of capacitor discharges, such as impulse hardening of steel, ultrapulse welding of precision parts, X-ray flash technology, ultrafast image converters, exploding wire shutters and light sources, electromagnetic shutters, flash photolysis, and spark tracing in aerodynamic and automotive research. The remaining chapters explore other practical aspects, including high energy electromagnetic pulse generation, plasma physics, magnet charging, magnetically driven gas and particle accelerators, acoustic echo techniques for remote atmospheric sensing, sonar, and shock waves in high pressure physics and metal forming. This book will prove useful to physicists, electrical and other engineering fields, teachers, and students who are interested in capacitor dischargers. Content: High Speed Pulse Technology, Page ii Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Foreword, Page ix Preface, Page x Contents of previous volumes, Pages xi-xiv A - The capacitor, its characteristics and its applications in discharge circuits, Pages 1-51 B - Switching means, Pages 52-112 C - Line conductors, Pages 113-125 D - Conversion of capacitor energy into current impulses, Pages 126-153 E - Conversion of capacitor energy into voltage impulses and its practical applications, Pages 154-228 F - Conversion of capacitor energy into x-ray flashes and beams of electrons, ions, and neutrons, Pages 229-297 G - Conversion of capacitor energy into heat, Pages 298-348 H - Conversion of capacitor energy into magnetic fields, Pages 349-379 I - Conversion of capacitive stored energy into acoustic pulses, Pages 380-437 Bibliography, Pages 438-482 Subject Index, Pages 483-498 Capacitor Discharges. Magnetohydrodynamics. X-rays. Ultrasonics. -- V. 2 Optical Pulses. Lasers. Measuring Techniques. -- V. 3. Capacitor Discharge Engineering. -- V. 4. Sparks And Laser Pulses. By Frank B.a. Früngel. Translation Of Impulstechnik. Includes Bibliographies.