Effects of natural convection on the characteristics of long laminar argon plasma jets issuing upwards or downwards into ambient air - A numerical study

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2385-2391

  Cheng, Kai ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; OXIDATION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; TURBULENCE;

GAS FLOW RATE; GRASHOF NUMBER; TURBULENT PLASMA JET;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 4544335411     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/17/007     Document Type: Article

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