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A method is outlined which gives a numerical describtion for some configurations of axially symmetrical constricted electric arcs. For this purpose the equations of single fluid model of plasma physics are decoupled in such a way that only the heat flux potential, the axial velocity, the radial velocity, the average axial pressure gradient, and the average axial electric field have to be calculated simultaneously considering a given set of boundary conditions. In this paper the method is applied to the Koppelmann arc. In addition the paper reports upon some experiences in applying this method to the computation of further arc configurations.
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Nagel, S., Druxes, H. & Schmitz, G. Zur numerischen Beschreibung rotationssymmetrischer wandstabilisierter Lichtbogenkonfigurationen. Z. Physik 220, 362–380 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395621
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395621