DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH OVER THE LENGTH OF A LONGITUDINALLY VENTILATED ARC IN A d-c PLASMATRON,

Abstract

The article presents, interprets, and evaluates the results of an experimental study of the distribution of electric field strength in an arc ventilated by longitudinal-turbulent air and created in a direct current plasmatron. Quartz-enclosed tungsten wire probes were inserted at distances of 40 mm along the length of the arc and were connected to a cathode ray oscillograph. The family of U-shaped curves (E, I) obtained by the authors of the present work and by others using different methods is offered as testimony of a certain regularity in the process. The experiment pointed up numerous deficiencies entailed by using a gas flow to keep the arc from touching the walls of the generator. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 1968
Accession Number
AD0679790

Entities

People

  • A. D. Lebedev
  • A. S. Vasilkovskaya
  • L. I. Kolonina
  • V. Ya. Smolyakov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerosol Generators
  • Deficiencies
  • Direct Current
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrospray
  • Energy Systems
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Generators
  • Oscillographs
  • Tungsten

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design