Separation of Spiral Contacts and the Motion of Vacuum Arcs at High AC Currents

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 484-488

  Schulman, M Bruce ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AC ...; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VACUUM;

ARC APPEARANCE DIAGRAMS; SPIRAL CONTACTS; VACUUM ARCS MOTION;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0027682467     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.249631     Document Type: Article

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