A mathematical analysis of heating effects and electrode erosion in conical electrical arc cathodes

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3446-3456

  Solana, Pablo ^a   Kapadia, Phiroze ^b   Dowden, John ^b  

^a ETS Ingenieros de Telecomunicacion   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EROSION; HEAT CONDUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

CONICAL ELECTRICAL ARC CATHODES; INTEGRAL TRANSFORM TECHNIQUES; JOULE HEATING;

CATHODES;

EID: 0032308144     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/31/24/007     Document Type: Article

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