A theoretical study of a cutting air plasma torch

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 264-271

  González Aguilar, Jose ^b   Sanjurjo, Cecilia Pardo ^b   Rodríguez Yunta, Antonio ^b   Calderón, Miguel Angel García ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA ARC CUTTING; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EQUATIONS FOR MASS DENSITY; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

PLASMA TORCHES;

EID: 0032679018     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.763132     Document Type: Article

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