Numerical study of high-intensity free-burning arc

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 500-506

  Menart, James ^a,b   Lin, Lanchao ^a,b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CATHODES; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC ARCS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ISOTHERMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA DEVICES;

HIGH-INTENSITY FREE-BURNING ARC;

HEAT RADIATION;

EID: 0032178953     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6396     Document Type: Article

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