Title :
Corona breakdown in open structures: A comparison of several ionization rate models
Author :
Sorolla, Edén ; Koufogiannis, Ioannis ; Mattes, Michael
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Electromagn. et d´´Acoust., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper extends previous Corona breakdown predictions for different ionization models in closed structures to open ones such as monopole antennas, as they are frequently encountered in air- and spacecrafts, prone to suffer from this kind of discharge.
Keywords :
corona; ionisation; monopole antennas; closed structures; corona breakdown predictions; ionization models; ionization rate models; monopole antennas; open structures; Corona; Discharges (electric); Ionization; Microwave antennas; Predictive models;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206385
