Spark channel stability
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
- Vol. 3 (7) , 1787-1790
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.859697
Abstract
Analysis of shock underpressure air flowing back into the residual channel of a spark indicates that Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities may grow mainly by affecting flow in the cool air region surrounding the channel.Keywords
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