Modeling the effects of an axial magnetic field on the vacuum arc

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 684-689

  Keidar, Michael ^a,b,c   Schulman, Michael Bruce ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc current compression; Contact gap; High current diffuse arc; Plasma expansion; Vacuum arc plasma jet

Indexed keywords

ARC CURRENT COMPRESSION; CONTACT GAP; HIGH CURRENT DIFFUSE ARC; PLASMA EXPANSION; VACUUM ARC PLASMA JET;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW;

PLASMA JETS;

EID: 0035485294     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.964454     Document Type: Article

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