Numerical simulations of non-thermal electrical discharges in air

Lightning Electromagnetics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 87-138

  Serdyuk, Y V ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air; Atmospheric electricity; Computer model; Computer simulations; Corona; Coronas; Discharges background; Fluid model; Negative streamers; Nonthermal electrical discharges; Numerical analysis; Numerical approaches; Numerical simulations; Plasma simulation; Plasma transport processes; Positive streamers

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER MODELING; CORONA; CORONAS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; FLUID MODELING; NEGATIVE STREAMERS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PLASMA TRANSPORT PROCESS; POSITIVE STREAMERS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 85014187449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1049/PBPO062E_ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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