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Mechanical and thermal impact of the plasma focus discharge on structural elements of diagnostic windows of the PFM-72m discharge installation are calculated. The absence of critical impact at early discharge stages and during the first 300 ns after the “plasma focus” formation is shown. The possibility of shock impact on the surface of diagnostic windows at later times, which may result in their substantial deformation and destruction, is demonstrated.
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Original Russian Text © O.A. Bashutin, A.S. Savelov, P.P. Sidorov, 2016, published in Yadernaya Fizika i Inzhiniring, 2016, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 413–416.
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Bashutin, O.A., Savelov, A.S. & Sidorov, P.P. Study of Mechanical and Thermal Impact of a Plasma Focus Discharge on Diagnostic Elements of PFM-72M Installation. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 80, 1669–1672 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817110035
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778817110035