Theory of short-gap breakdown of needle point-plane gaps in air using finite-difference and finite-element methods

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1370-1385

  Georghiou, G E ^a   Morrow, R ^b   Metaxas, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

FINITE-ELEMENT FLUX-CORRECTED TRANSPORT (FE-FCT) METHOD;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 0032634672     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/12/314     Document Type: Article

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