Abstract

We have designed a device with a gliding unipolar arc of the Jacob’s ladder type. The dynamics of arc rising has been investigated. It is found that the arc climbs at a constant velocity on the major part of its path. The convective nature of the arc rise due to heating of air by the plasma is demonstrated. The dependence of the arc rise velocity on the opening angle between the electrodes is obtained. The dependence is found to be decaying.

中文翻译：

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单极雅各布梯子中滑行弧爬升的动力学

摘要

我们设计了一种具有雅各布梯形滑动单极弧的设备。已经研究了电弧上升的动力学。发现电弧在其路径的主要部分上以恒定的速度爬升。证明了由于等离子体加热空气而引起的电弧上升的对流性质。获得了电弧上升速度对电极之间的张开角度的依赖性。发现这种依赖性正在减弱。