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Plasma Investigations
2016. V. 54. № 5. P. 655–661
Prilepa K.A., Samusenko A.V., Stishkov Yu.K.
Methods of calculating the air-gap breakdown voltage in weakly and strongly nonuniform fields
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The results of experimental study of streamer and spark processes under a standard lightning voltage pulse are shown for different degrees of electric-field nonuniformity in sphere–plane and sphere–sphere electrode systems. The possibility of introducing similarity relations for streamer processes is considered. The applicability of various numerical methods for determining the breakdown voltage is analyzed.
Article reference:
Prilepa K.A., Samusenko A.V., Stishkov Yu.K. Methods of calculating the air-gap breakdown voltage in weakly and strongly nonuniform fields, High Temp., 2016. V. 54. № 5. P. 655