Visualization of arcing process in an auto-expansion circuit breaker

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-41

  Yan, J D ^a   Fang, M T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

ARC RADIATION INDUCED INNER WALL ABLATION; ARCING;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0032630571     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.763021     Document Type: Article

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