WS - Modeling of plasma-materials interactions

Workshop: Modeling of plasma-materials interactions

Chair: Dr. Yann Cressault, Laplace laboratory, cressault@laplace.univ-tlse.fr

WS will be held on Thursday, the 6th of September during the GD2018 conference in Novi Sad, Serbia.
The main topics will be mainly focused on the thermal plasmas and the modeling of the plasma-materials interactions. Two kind of presentations will be proposed : the first one one the modeling of plasma-electrodes-polymers interactions existing in many applications such as welding or cutting processes, circuit breakers and so on; the second one on the modeling of plasma-particles interactions (nanoparticles, powders, …). The workshop will consist of reports on the methods used to model plasma-materials interactions followed by a discussion session on future of the field.

List of invited speakers

• Mikhail S. Benilov, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Recent advances in simulation of plasma-electrode interaction in arc discharges

• Margarita Baeva, INP Greifswald, Germany
The bidirectional electrodes-plasma interaction as indispensible part of advanced arc plasma modelling

• Yasunori Tanaka, Kanazawa Univ, Kakuma, Japan
Spallation occurrence from polyamide materials exposed by thermal plasma

• Joseph D. Yan, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, UK
Inclusion of nozzle dimensional change due to PTFE ablation in switching arc simulation

• Philippe Robin-Jouan, ARC – Circuit Breaker & Bay Development, Grid Solutions, GE Power, France
Ablation modelling in High Voltage circuit-breakers: impact on the arc extinction

• Simon Marek, RWTH Aachen, Aachen University, Germany
Evaporation-based model for plasma-cathode attachement in GMA welding