Time-Dependent Numerical Simulation of Ablation-Controlled Arcs

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 190-197

  Gilligan, John G ^a   Mohanti, Roma B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; RUNGE-KUTTA METHOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE ZEUS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0025414215     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.131019     Document Type: Article

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