An efficient computational model for inductive plasma flows

29th AIAA, Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Abeele, David Vanden ^a   Dégrez, Gerard ^a  

^a VON KARMAN INSTITUTE FOR FLUID DYNAMICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW FIELDS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD;

ALGEBRA METHOD; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DISCRETIZED EQUATIONS; HEATING SOURCE; INDUCTIVE PLASMA; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; NEW APPROACHES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 84964808066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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