An integral arc model for ablation controlled arcs based on CFD simulations

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2180-2191

  Seeger, M ^a   Niemeyer, L ^a   Christen, T ^a   Schwinne, M ^b   Dommerque, R ^b  

^a ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY TRANSFER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ABLATION CONTROLLED ARCS; ARC PARAMETERS; CFD SIMULATIONS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 33646721155     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/10/029     Document Type: Article

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