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Calculation of the flow produced by a spark in air

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The article discusses part of the results of a calculation of the two-dimensional propagation of a breakdown in air based on the grid-point method.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 161–164, May–June, 1975.

The author is indebted to V. P. Korobeinikov for directing his attention to the problem of spark breakdown and to L. V. Shurshalov for discussing a number of computational and gasdynamic aspects of the problem.

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Arkhangel'skii, N.A. Calculation of the flow produced by a spark in air. Fluid Dyn 10, 503–506 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01015282

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