Numerical simulation of the high current vacuum arc

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2259, Issue , 1994, Pages 153-159

  Glinkowski, Mietek T ^a   Greenwood, Allan ^a   Stoving, Paul ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 85076472611     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.174631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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