Effects of the length of a cylindrical solid shield on the entrainment of ambient air into turbulent and laminar impinging argon plasma jets

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-105

  Wang, Hai Xing ^a   Chen, Xi ^b   Pan, Wenxia ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Impinging plasma jet; Materials processing; Modeling; Solid shield effect

Indexed keywords

FEEDSTOCK METALS; IMPINGING PLASMA JETS; MATERIALS PROCESSING;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; HEAT SHIELDING; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES;

PLASMA FLOW;

EID: 39749147701     PISSN: 02724324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11090-007-9109-8     Document Type: Article

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