One-dimensional analysis of the anode boundary layer in free-burning argon arcs

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 605-611

  Tanaka, Manabu ^a   Ushio, Masao ^a   Wu, Chuan Song ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ARGON; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ANODE FALL; CONVECTIVE FLOW; ELECTRON DENSITY GRADIENT; FREE BURNING ARGON ARC; ELECTRON FLUX;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0033531402     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/5/016     Document Type: Article

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