AN ELECTRIC ARC HELD STATIONARY BY A MAGNETIC FIELD IN A UNIFORM FLOW THEORY FOR LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW,

Abstract

An electric arc held stationary by a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the arc axis against a gas flowing in the plane orthogonal to the arc axis is analyzed theoretically. The arc is assumed sufficiently long for a uniform column to exist where a two-dimensional analysis (in the plane of the gas flow) of the problem is adequate. The Reynolds number of the flow is taken to be small. The technique of asymptotic matching introduced by S. Kaplun is used to calculate the distribution over the entire two-dimensional plane of the quantities of interest, e.g., the temperature and velocity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669088

Entities

People

  • P. F. Hofnett

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electric Arcs
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Reynolds Number
  • Stationary
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.