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Speed Range For Breakdown Waves, Mostafa Hemmati, Eric L. George, Frances Terry
Speed Range For Breakdown Waves, Mostafa Hemmati, Eric L. George, Frances Terry
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Considering the electrons as the main element in breakdown wave propagation and using a one-dimensional, steady-state, three-fluid, hydrodynamical model, previous investigations have resulted in the completion of a set of equations for conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. We will use the terms proforce and antiforce waves, depending on whether the applied electric field force on electrons is with or against the direction of wave propagation. In the case of antiforce waves, the electron gas temperature and therefore the electron fluid pressure is assumed to be large enough to sustain the wave propagation down the discharge tube. For strong discontinuity …