A Two-Dimensional Multispecies Fluid Model of the Plasma in an AC Plasma Display Panel

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 698-708

  Campbell, Robert B ^a   McGrath, Robert T ^a   Veerasingam, Ramana ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGED PARTICLES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMAS;

BOLTZMANN SOLVER; BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE; POISSON EQUATION; REACTION CONVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MULTISPECIES FLUID MODEL;

PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 0029354787     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.467992     Document Type: Article

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