Two-dimensional studies of streamers in gases
- 15 December 1987
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 62 (12) , 4696-4707
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.339020
Abstract
We present the results of two‐dimensional computer simulations of streamer initiation and propagation in atmospheric pressure N2. The simulation algorithm makes use of flux‐corrected transport techniques and was used as a tool to study the solutions of the transport equations under conditions suitable for streamers, for which realistic analytic solutions are not known. We present and discuss conclusions about streamer transport based on the results of these studies. Finally, we present a novel method of checking on the numerical accuracy with which the algorithm solves the transport equations.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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