Determination of the cathode erosion and temperature for the phases of high voltage discharges using FEM simulations

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-139

  Soldera, F ^a   Lasagni, A ^a   Mucklich F ^a   Kaiser, T ^b   Hrastnik, K ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc discharge; Breakdown; FEM; Glow discharge; Heat conduction; Heat transfer; Plasma erosion; Spark plug

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER;

ARC DISCHARGE; GLOW DISCHARGE; PLASMA EROSION; SPARK PLUG;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 9644275532     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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