Arc root mobility during contact opening at high current

IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Part A

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-67

  McBride, John W ^a   Weaver, P M ^b   Jeffery, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Crabtree Electrical Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arcing; Circuit breakers; Current limiting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIMITERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

ARC ROOT MOBILITY; CATHODE ROOT MOTION; NONCONTACT LINEAR POSITION SENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER IMAGING SYSTEM;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS;

EID: 0032023241     PISSN: 10709886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/95.679034     Document Type: Article

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