%0 Journal Article %A de Izarra, Charles %A Vallee, Olivier %A Pauvit, Richard %D 1999 %I Begell House %K Plasma torch; Plasma jet; Fluctuations; Intercorrelation %N 2-3 %P 213-220 %R 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v3.i2-3.60 %T A NEW CRITERION TO CARRY OUT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE LAMINAR AND THE TURBULENT BEHAVIOURS OF A PLASMA JET %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/57d172397126f956,71c1fd960da08ae9,5ec5a1aa488ec8d4.html %V 3 %X This paper is devoted to the characterisation of the turbulent-laminar transition in a DC plasma jet operating with pure argon at atmospheric pressure. The computation of correlation functions on sampled data (arc voltage, arc current intensity, sound and light emissions) allows to carry out a new criterion at the laminar-turbulent transition. %8 1999-12-20