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A Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for 1.5-Dimensional Streamer Discharge Simulations

Plasma Physics 2013-06-05 v5 Computational Physics

Abstract

Streamer discharges are important both in theory and industry applications. This paper proposed a local discontinuous Galerkin method to simulate the convection dominated fluid model of streamer discharges. To simulate the rapid transient streamer discharge process, a method with high resolution and high order accuracy is highly desired. Combining the advantages of finite volume and finite element method, local discontinuous Galerkin method is such a choice. In this paper, a simulation of a double-headed streamer discharge in nitrogen was performed by using 1.5-dimensional fluid model. The preliminary results indicate the potential of extending the method to general streamer simulations in complex geometries.

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@article{arxiv.0912.0081,
  title  = {A Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for 1.5-Dimensional Streamer Discharge Simulations},
  author = {Chijie Zhuang and Rong Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.0081},
  year   = {2013}
}