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Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Andrew Murphy, Senior Seth Gerow, Senior
Lead Presenter's Name
Andrew Murphy
Faculty Mentor Name
Jeremy Riousset
Abstract
The work seeks to improving the understanding of atmospheric electricity on Earth and beyond through the modeling of Townsend electrostatic discharges. The successful outcome this work will answer questions relating to these discharges and how the electrode shape, angular offset from the vertical, and material composition impact the initiation of gas discharges. Specifically, the proposed work seeks to build off of the work seen in the Bench for Automated Measurements of Electrical Discharges (BeAMED) through control and measurement of vertical angular offset of the electrode through use of induced flux probes. This will reduce uncertainty in future experimentally determined results obtained through use of the chamber by quantifying a previously unaccounted for variable.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
No
Angle Offset and Electrode Alignment Impact on Townsend Discharges
The work seeks to improving the understanding of atmospheric electricity on Earth and beyond through the modeling of Townsend electrostatic discharges. The successful outcome this work will answer questions relating to these discharges and how the electrode shape, angular offset from the vertical, and material composition impact the initiation of gas discharges. Specifically, the proposed work seeks to build off of the work seen in the Bench for Automated Measurements of Electrical Discharges (BeAMED) through control and measurement of vertical angular offset of the electrode through use of induced flux probes. This will reduce uncertainty in future experimentally determined results obtained through use of the chamber by quantifying a previously unaccounted for variable.