Motion Of High-Current Vacuum Arcs On Spiral-Type Contacts

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 875-879

  Dullni, Edgar ^a  

^a ABB Calor Emag Mittelspannung GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

HEAT FLUX DENSITY; SPIRAL TYPE CONTACTS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0024904923     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.41226     Document Type: Article

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