Characterization of point-plane corona in air at radio frequency using a FE-FCT method

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2204-2218

  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

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS;

FINITE ELEMENT FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORT (FEFCT);

ELECTRIC CORONA;

EID: 0032667052     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/17/310     Document Type: Article

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