Primary and secondary streamer dynamics in pulsed positive corona discharges

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 924-925

  Abahazem, Alyen ^a   Merbahi, Nofel ^a   Ducasse, Olivier ^a   Eichwald, Olivier ^a   Yousfi, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Comparison between simulation and experimental results; Corona discharge; Streamer dynamics and morphology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRYING; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; HYDRODYNAMICS; RATE CONSTANTS; STREAK CAMERAS; TURBULENT FLOW;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BRANCHING STRUCTURES; COMPARISON BETWEEN SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; CORONA DISCHARGE; CORONA DISCHARGES; DRY AIR; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRST ORDERS; INTERELECTRODE; IONIZATION RATES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PLASMA SCIENCE; POSITIVE CORONA; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; SECONDARY STREAMERS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; STREAMER DYNAMICS AND MORPHOLOGY; TIP RADIUS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 50249177208     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.925708     Document Type: Article

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