Elemental demixing in inductively coupled air plasma torches at high pressures

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Rini, P ^a,b,c,d   Vanden Abeele, D ^b,c,d,e   Degrez, G ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Aerospace ^*  (Belgium)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Service de Mécanique des Fluides   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMA TORCHES; SEPARATION; SPACECRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

FINITERATE CHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED AIR PLASMA FLOWS; LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; PROTECTION MATERIALS;

PLASMA FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA TORCHES; SEPARATION; SPACECRAFT; WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 32844471790     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15884     Document Type: Article

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