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A study is made of the problem of a point electric source in a homogeneous gas stream and operating in the arc discharge regime. The development of an electric arc struck on a point cathode in a medium which moves without deformation is studied. The stationary problem of a two-dimensional electric arc that develops in a medium with piecewise constant electrical conductivity is solved. Expressions are obtained for the temperature fields, the thickness of the arc, the current-voltage characteristics, and the power in the arc. The stability of this stationary state with respect to short-wavelength perturbations is investigated. The critical electrical current at which instability commences is determined.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 91–99, March–April, 1981.I thank O. N. Sinkevich and I. M. Rutkevich for discussing the work, and also V. I. Grabovskii and V. A. Mareev for making some calculations. |
