AC Contactor Motion Computed with Coupled Electromagnetic and Structural Finite Elements

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 3575-3577

  Juds, Mark A ^a   Brauer, John R ^b  

^a EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MacNeal Schwendler Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC RELAYS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RINGS (COMPONENTS); STEEL;

RELAY CONTACTOR MOTION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0029409431     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.489574     Document Type: Article

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