TY - JOUR
AU - Lyubimov, G.
AB - An electric discharge in a flow of ionized gas is widely used in many physics and engineering problems. Among them are problems associated with current flow in various magnetohydrodynamic devices (generators, accelerators), arc shunting in a plasmatron, physical experiments in shock tubes, etc. It is known that with cold electrodes providing the contact between the plasma and the external circuit and relatively high pressures, two modes of current flow occur: at low current, the discharge is of a distributed nature; as the applied voltage increases, the discharge abruptly shifts into a discharge with a clearly developed cathode spot at some critical current density (we call this form of discharge an arc discharge). Existing experimental data [1–20] refers to varying experimental conditions. Furthermore, the critical voltage (or current) at which the transition of the discharge from a distributed discharge to an arc discharge occurs varies within very broad limits. From an analysis of the experimental data, a condition is formulated which the discharge parameters satisfy at the time of transition from a distributed discharge to an arc discharge.
TI - Breakdown of the near-electrode layer in a flow of ionized gas
JF - Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics
DO - 10.1007/BF00850940
DA - 2004-12-04
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/breakdown-of-the-near-electrode-layer-in-a-flow-of-ionized-gas-G02weOXLeO
SP - 307
EP - 312
VL - 14
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -