Research and development on short gap streamer discharge simulation methods

Zhongguo Dianji Gongcheng Xuebao/Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 157-166

  Zhuang, Chijie ^a   Zeng, Rong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Photo ionization; Poisson's equation; Short gap streamer discharge; Transport equation

Indexed keywords

PHOTOIONIZATION; POISSON EQUATION;

COMPLICATED DOMAIN; EXACT SOLUTION; FAST COMPUTATION; FLUID MODELS; GAS DISCHARGE; PARTICLE TRANSPORT EQUATION; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; POISSON'S EQUATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; STREAMER DISCHARGES; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84865962881     PISSN: 02588013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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