A computational fluid dynamics simulation of high- and low-current arcs in self-blast circuit breakers

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1899-1907

  Claessens, M ^a   Moller K ^a   Thiel, H G ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

SELF-BLAST CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS;

EID: 0031558170     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/30/13/011     Document Type: Article

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