Drag reduction by dc corona discharge along an electrically conductive flat plate for small Reynolds number flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 587-599

  El Khabiry, S ^a   Colver, G M ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROTONS;

CHARGE DEPOSITION; CHARGE REMOVAL; CORONA THINNING; DRAG REDUCTION; ION FLOW; POISSON EQUATION;

DRAG;

EID: 0031103624     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869219     Document Type: Article

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