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Voltage-current relationships are presented in dimensionless terms for the high-current arc rotating in an annular gap under the influence of a magnetic field; air passes through the gap. It is found that one can neglect the effects of the air flow if the speed of the air is small.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 683–689, April, 1971.
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Shaboltas, A.S., Yas'ko, O.I. Voltage-current characteristics of an arc in an annulus moving under a magnetic field. Journal of Engineering Physics 20, 492–496 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826820
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