The invention relates to a device and a method for measuring voltaic arc pressure distribution and
current density distribution, belonging to the technical field of voltaic arc testing. The device comprises a motor, a positioning frame, a guide rail fixed on the positioning frame, a sliding element mounted on the guide rail, a
welding torch position regulating mechanism arranged at the lower end of the sliding element, a flat table surface arranged below the positioning frame, a container positioned on the flat table surface,
anode plates arranged in the container, and
a weighting sensor. During the measurement, the motor drives a guide screw to rotate so as to further drive a
welding torch to move along a direction vertical to an insulating material. The values of voltaic arc force and voltaic arc current which are applied on the two
anode plates are collected. Then, a mathematic model, which is about the value of the voltaic arc force and circle domain pressure distribution of the voltaic arc and about the value of the voltaic arc current and circle domain
current density distribution of the voltaic arc, is established. Solving is carried out next. Then, curves about the circle domain pressure distribution and the circle domain
current density distribution of the voltaic arc can be drawn. The device and the method realize the simultaneous measurement of the microcosmic voltaic arc pressure distribution and the microcosmic voltaic arc
current density distribution. In addition, the device has a simple production process, and the testing steps are simple.