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Thermophysics and Aeromechanics

2002 year, number 4

Relationship between erosion processes and aerodynamics of a vortex flow in a cylindrical electrode of plasmatorch

A.S. An’shakov, A.N. Bykov*, A.N. Timoshevsky*, and E.K. Urbakh
Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
*Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Pages: 597–606

Abstract

Flow aerodynamics in a cavity of cylindrical electrode of the arc plasmatorch and its erosion were experimentally studied. Dependency between erosion peculiarities and arc current was found out. Criterion relationships, which provide maximal electrode efficiency, were obtained.