Anode and cathode are root movement during contact opening at high current

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-46

  McBride, John W ^a   Jeffery, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Are motion; Contact motion; Current limiters

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC COMMUTATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

MINIATURE CIRCUIT BREAKERS (MCB); SHORT CIRCUIT BREAK ARCS;

CIRCUIT BREAKING ARCS;

EID: 0033328116     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.759351     Document Type: Article

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