Modeling of energy transport in arcing electrical contacts to determine mass loss

IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-60

  Swingler, Jonathan ^a   McBride, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc erosion; Modeling; Silver contacts

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE;

ARC EROSION; CHANNELED TRANSPORT PROCESS; MASS LOSS; RADIAL TRANSPORT PROCESS; SILVER CONTACTS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0032022793     PISSN: 10709886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/95.679033     Document Type: Article

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