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Numerical simulation of the interaction between double cathode spot craters in vacuum arc.
- Source :
- Physics of Plasmas; Dec2021, Vol. 48 Issue 12, p1-11, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- In this paper, a numerical simulation on the interaction between the double cathode spot craters in the vacuum arc is carried out. By establishing a double-cathode spot ablation model, the crater development process when two spots coexist is simulated, and the formation mechanism of cathode spot groups is analyzed. The simulation results show that the two cathode spots appearing on the flat electrode would squeeze each other to form a liquid metal ridge, which changed the ablation morphology of the cathode spots. When the double-spot arc craters appear simultaneously, the metal ridge will be squeezed into a straight line, otherwise, when the spots appear one after another, the liquid metal ridge will shift toward the side of the spot that appears first. The relative experimental results are adopted to compare with the simulation results. By comparison, it is found that the morphology of the multi-spot crater in the experiment is in agreement with the simulation results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070664X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Physics of Plasmas
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154430133
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0071165