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Volt-ampere characteristics of an ac arc in a transverse gas flow

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An analytical dependence of the volt-ampere characteristic of an arc on the velocity of the incoming transverse gas flow is obtained. The stability threshold of arc combustion is determined.

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Abbreviations

h:

enthalpy

ρ:

density

t:

time

v:

velocity

ξ, σ:

thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity

E:

electric field strength

U:

potential at the arc

Q:

radiant flux

T:

period of oscillation of the current

r:

radius

l :

length of electric arc

d, L:

diameter and length of electrode

Θ:

temperature

ν:

kinematic viscosity

Pr:

Prandtl number

ϕ:

current function

0:

gas parameters far from arc

1:

parameters at arc boundary

x:

projection on the axis 0x

y:

projection on the axis 0y

E:

effective value

e:

characteristic value

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  1. Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute, USSR

    N. V. Pashatskii & S. G. Lisitsyn

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  1. N. V. Pashatskii
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 133–138, July, 1984.

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Pashatskii, N.V., Lisitsyn, S.G. Volt-ampere characteristics of an ac arc in a transverse gas flow. Journal of Engineering Physics 47, 848–852 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00832605

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