This article is devoted to the memory of Yuri P Raizer, who passed away in 2021. He left a
noticeable trace in gas discharge physics. The principle of minimal power (the state that …

In this study, plasma transferred arc (PTA) surface alloying was used to study the relevant
technology of preparing a reinforced layer made of copper-bearing particles onto a nodular …

It is shown that Steenbeck's principle of minimum power, or voltage, for discharges with fixed
current is not a corollary of the principle of minimum entropy production, in contrast to what is …

The further development of thermal plasma technologies has been limited by the incomplete
understanding of instabilities occurring when a confined electric arc interacts with a flow of …

The Elenbaas-Heller equation describing the temperature field of a cylindrically symmetrical
non-radiative electric arc has been solved, and approximate explicit analytic solutions are …

A simplified plasmadynamics model is presented that examines radial and axial
dependence of the current sheet structure of a coaxial quasi-steady self-field plasma …

The extensive flight legacy of the Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) has been limited to attitude
control and station keeping missions by low thruster efficiency, high specific mass, and for …

Silicon is produced in submerged arc furnaces (SAFs), with the heat needed for the
endothermic chemical reactions provided by an electric current. The interacting physical …

The arc attachment modes on anode of a high intensity argon arc with water-cooled
constrictor are numerically investigated by a two-temperature model. An inelastic electron …

In an earlier paper, 1 the authors developed the concept of the constant property arc (step-
function electrical conductivity). Although the theory was successful in a qualitative …