Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ferroelectric materials and their properties -- Lead zirconate titanate ferroelectric ceramics -- Historical perspectives of ferroelectric shock depolarization studies -- Physical principles of shock wave ferroelectric generators -- Design of miniature explosive ferroelectric generators -- Mechanisms of transverse shock depolarization of PZT 95/5 and PZT 52/48 -- High-current generation by shock-compressed ferroelectric ceramics -- Shock depolarization of ferroelectrics in high-voltage mode -- Ultrahigh-voltage generation by shock-compressed ferroelectrics -- PZT 95/5 films: depolarization and high-current generation under transverse and longitudinal shock compression -- Ultrahigh energy density harvested from shock-compressed domain-engineered relaxor ferroelectric single crystals -- Mechanism of complete stress-induced depolarization of relaxor ferroelectric single crystals without transition through a non-polar phase -- Transversely shock-compressed ferroelectrics: electric charge and energy transfer into capacitive load -- Operation of longitudinally shock-compressed ferroelectrics with resistive loads -- Theoretical treatment of explosive ferroelectric generators -- Shock-compressed ferroelectrics combined with power-conditioning stage -- Case studies.

Explosive Ferroelectric Generators: From Physical Principles to Engineering is an exciting new book that takes the readers inside the world of explosive ferroelectric generators guided by international expert, Dr Sergey I Shkuratov. It acquaints the reader with the principles of operation of ferroelectric generators and provides details on how to design, build and test the devices which are the most developed and the most near-term for practical applications. Containing a considerable amount of experimental data that has been obtained by the author and his team over a period of 20 years, this is the first book that provides key information on theory, performance and applications of ferroelectric generators. It is a fabulous reference for electrical and electronic engineers working with pulsed power systems, researchers, professors, postgraduate, graduate and undergraduate students.

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