Simulation of plasma flow in toroidal solenoid filters

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1309-1318

  Shi, Xu ^a   Tu, Yu Qiang ^a   Tan, Hong Siang ^a   Tay, Beng Kang ^a   Milne, William I ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLENOIDS;

ELECTRON ION COLLISION FREQUENCY; FILTERED CATHODIC VACUUM ARC SYSTEM; TOROIDAL SOLENOID FILTERS;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 0030414504     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.553196     Document Type: Article

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