A comparison of three radiation models for the calculation of nozzle arcs

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 3309-3318

  Dixon, C M ^a   Yan, J D ^a   Fang, M T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; RADIATION EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VECTORS;

HIGH PRESSURE ELECTRIC ARCS; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATION LOSS; RADIATION TRANSFER;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 10644259783     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/23/013     Document Type: Article

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