Critical analysis on two-dimensional point-to-plane streamer simulations using the finite element and finite volume methods

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5 I, 2007, Pages 1287-1300

  Ducasse, Olivier ^a   Papageorghiou, Liberis ^b   Eichwald, Olivier ^a   Spyrou, Nicolas ^b   Yousfi, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

2 D electro hydrodynamic model; Finite element method (FEM); Finite volume method (FVM); Flux corrected transport (FCT) technique; High order schemes; Monotonic upwind centered scheme for conservation law (MUSCL) algorithm; Poisson equation; Streamer discharge in air; Transport equations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; POISSON EQUATION;

FLUX-CORRECTED-TRANSPORT; HIGH-ORDER SCHEME; STREAMER DISCHARGE; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 35348831177     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.905112     Document Type: Article

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