3D modeling of sliding electrical contact

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 237-239

  Hsieh, K T ^a   Kim, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; HARDNESS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIL GUNS;

ARMATURE RAIL INTERFACE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DIFFUSIVE PROCESSES; SLIDING ELECTRIC CONTACT (SEC);

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0030715515     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559961     Document Type: Article

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