Qiu Zhang

TL;DR: In this paper, a planar trigger switch constituting of three electrodes was designed and fabricated using low-temperature co-fired ceramic, and characterized under an atmospheric pressure, showing that when the operating voltage ranges between 77.2% and 86.8% of its self-breakdown voltage, the inductance of the switch was lower than that of commercial spark gap switch by approximately 60 nH, the current rising time was shortened by nearly 1/2, and the peak current increased by about 30%.

TL;DR: In this article, an electro-explosively actuated mini-flyer launcher capable of ejecting a plastic mini flyer, typically 0.6 mm in diameter, up to several km/s.

TL;DR: In this paper, a shock-induced pulsed power switch based on electroexplosion of exploding bridge wire (EBW) was developed, and the electrical field distribution and electrothermal coupling of EBW were simulated using COMSOL multiphysics software to assess the rationality of structural parameters.

TL;DR: Parallel bridge foils (PBF) with four strip foils, derived from traditional single bridge foil (SBF), was designed to study the effect of convergence and collision of plasmas and shock waves on driving flyer.

TL;DR: In this paper, two new forms (series-parallel and serial) of exploding foil overpressure actuators (EFOA) have been designed for the Mach reflection pressure studies and initiation of insensitive explosives at a small laboratory scale.