Application Of Computational Fluid Dynamics Tools To Circuit-Breaker Flow Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 817-823

  Trepanier, J Y ^a   Zhang, X D ^a   Pellegrin, H ^a   Camarero, R ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; PLASMA FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CIRCUIT BREAKER FLOW ANALYSIS; EULER EQUATIONS; STEADY COLD FLOW;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0029293844     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.400848     Document Type: Article

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