Breakdown At High Overvoltages.

Abstract

A theoretical and experimental Investigation of the Mechanisms via which a gas, at high pressures, undergoes electrical breakdown has been carried out. Theoretically, a model has been developed to describe the initial phases of breakdown in the regime where the Townsend avalanche mechanism does not apply. The model is based on electron Kinetics in regions of highly inhomogeneous electric fields.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA339048

Entities

People

  • E. E. Kunhardt

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computer Simulations
  • Differential Equations
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electron Energy
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Gaseous Electronics
  • Ionization
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Poisson Equation
  • Space Charge
  • Three Dimensional
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics