Study of a Circuit-Breaker Arc with Self-Generated Flow: Part II—The Flow Phase

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 615-622

  Gleizes, A ^a   Rahal, A Mahieddin ^a   Papadopoulos, S ^a   Vacquie, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NITROGEN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; SELF-GENERATED FLOW;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0024133290     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.16549     Document Type: Article

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