Similarity analysis and scale-up criteria for thermal plasma jets

High Temperature Material Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-193

  Rahmane, M ^a   Soucy, G ^a   Boulos, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Induction plasma; Plasma diagnostic; Scale up; Similarity criteria; Thermal plasma jet; Turbulent free jet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032283288     PISSN: 10933611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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