STUDY OF THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA OF THE DENA PF FACILITY, USING THE ML-MODEL

USING THE DENA PF FACILITY, ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS ABOUT THE DEPENDENCY OF THE PINCH TIME T_P, AND THE MAXIMUM DISCHARGE CURRENT I_MAX, TO THE PRESSURE INCREMENT, HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA HAVE ALSO BEEN COMPARED TO THE THEORETICAL RESULTS, BASED ON THE ML-MODEL. THE REASONS FOR THE LACK OF THE PERFECT AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED. THE STUDY SHOW THAT THE ML-MODEL IS GENERALLY CAPABLE TO DESCRIBE THE EFFECT OF THE PRESSURE VARIATION ON THE T_P AND THE I_MAX, BUT TO MAKE AN EVEN MORE ACCURATE STUDY, THE EXACT VALUE OF THE CURRENT, AND THE MASS SHEDDING FACTORS, AND EVEN THE CURRENT SHEATH FORMATION TIME, SHOULD BE KNOWN.