Two-dimensional simulation of streamers using the FE-FCT algorithm

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  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

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

AVALANCHE TO STREAMER TRANSITION; ELECTRON AVALANCHE; FINITE ELEMENT FLUX CORRECTED TRANSPORT METHOD; POISSON EQUATION; STREAMERS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 0034614971     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/3/101     Document Type: Article

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