Plasma Modeling

Methods and applications

By: Gianpiero Colonna (Editor), Antonio D'Angola (Editor)

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eBook | 21 December 2016

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Plasma Modeling: Methods and applications presents and discusses the different approaches that can be adopted for plasma modeling, giving details about theoretical and numerical methods, enriched by a comprehensive bibliography for a deeper insight into the problem. The book is intended to assist and direct students and researchers, who want to develop research activity in the field of plasma physics, in the choice of the best model for the problem of interest. Each chapter is focused on a specific problem and written by experts in the field, giving details on computational techniques often not fully described in scientific papers.

The book is organised in three parts. The first describes kinetic models used in plasma investigations, such as the two- and multi-term approximations of the Boltzmann equation and the particle-in-cell method, with the derivation of the basic equations. The second part develops the derivation of the theory of fluid equations and of hybrid models. The third part is devoted to applications, considering some practical problems of interest in different fields such as high-pressure discharges, high-enthalpy flows and plasma torches.

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Readers who simulate of model laboratory based plasmas will find this very recent and informative book to be very helpful, clearly describing the most popular methods used to model and simulate plasmas today.

John J Shea 2018 IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc.