Coupled gas flow-plasma model for a gliding arc: Investigations of the back-breakdown phenomenon and its effect on the gliding arc characteristics

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sun, S R ^a,b   Kolev, St ^b,c   Wang, H X ^a   Bogaerts, A ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

2D model; 3D model; back breakdown phenomenon; gliding arc; quasi neutral model

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW VELOCITY; GASES;

2-D MODEL; 3-D MODELING; BREAKDOWN PHENOMENA; GLIDING ARC; NEUTRAL MODEL;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 85007301914     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/26/1/015003     Document Type: Article

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