Research Article
Effect of Prebreakdown Time on Shock Wave Generation Characteristics of Underwater Plasma Sound Source
Table 1
Comparison of prebreakdown time in tap water and brine.
| | Discharge voltage | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| | Prebreakdown time in tap water () | 292.0 | 93.0 | 62.0 | | 127.0 | 117.0 | 97.4 | | 113.0 | 63.0 | 58.0 | | 175.0 | 84.1 | 71.0 | | 120.0 | 42.0 | 67.0 |
| | Mean value () | 165.4 | 79.82 | 71.08 |
| | Prebreakdown time in salt water () | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| | Mean value () | 4.64 | 4.04 | 4.0 |
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