W. Krausnick's Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1930. / Caption title. Thesis note on label mounted on p.l. "Presented at the Middle eastern district meeting of the A.I.E.E., Pittsburgh, Pa., March 11-13, 1931."

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering)--University of California, Berkeley, June 1960. / Bibliography: l. 82-88.

Habilitationsschrift--jena.

Inaug.-diss.--Rostock.

Inaug.-diss.--Greifswald. / Lebenslauf.

Inaug.-diss.--Rostock. / "Quellenverzeichniss": p. 55-58.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1929. / Caption title. Thesis note on label mounted on p. 1. "Presented at the summer convention of the A.I.E.E., Chicago, Illinois, June 26-30, 1933." Bibliography: p. 7.

This report describes attempts to discover a method for starting a water walled argon arc at high pressure. It is demonstrated that addition of small amounts of acetylene to the argon causes a very small reduction of breakdown voltage at pressures of about 3 atmospheres. Droplets of distilled water and of KC1 solution are shown to effectively increase the breakdown potential of a gas. A calculation of static fields before arc ignition is presented, and alternative starting circuit tests are done. Parallel starting pulse injection is found inferior to the normally used series injection. An auxiliary discharge is found to aid starting slightly, and a drastic decrease in the breakdown potential due to removal of the water wall is discovered. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

The power balance equations for the column of a 500 A DC vortex stabilized arc in argon have been solved numerically to give predicted values for the temperature profile, radiative power and heat transport to the wall. These quantities have also been measured using spectroscopy and calorimetry, and compared with the theoretical results so as to refine our understanding of the heat transport processes in the arc. Further study is required to predict convective effects accurately, especially at low power levels, but the results show that the behaviour of the column is predictable at high power levels. Forced convection has been shown to play an important role in the arc column. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

Inaug.-Diss.--Basel. / Vita.