The development of PC based CAD tools for auto-expansion circuit breaker design

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 176-181

  Yan, J D ^a   Fang, M T C ^a   Hall, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Reyrolle Switchgear Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Arcs; CFD; Circuit breakers; Shocks; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

AUTOEXPANSION CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS;

EID: 0032760833     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.736711     Document Type: Article

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