Characteristics of a vacuum switching contact based on bipolar axial magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 949-953

  Fenski, Burkhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; THERMAL STRESS; TRANSIENTS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; POST ARC CURRENTS; TRANSIENT RECOVERY VOLTAGE; VACUUM INTERRUPTER;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0033339771     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.782265     Document Type: Article

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