Initiation and propagation of discharge in liquid droplets: Effect of droplet sizes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12 PART 1, 2010, Pages 3282-3288

  Deng, Heming ^a   He, Zhenghao ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Xu, Yuhang ^a   Liu, Junxiang ^a   Guo, Runkai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Discharges; droplet size; influence; propagation; streamer; water droplets

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGES; DROPLET SIZES; INFLUENCE; PROPAGATION; STREAMER; WATER DROPLETS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 78650281283     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2051687     Document Type: Article

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