Transition in brush armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Schneider, M ^a   Eckenfels, D ^a   Hatterer, F ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

Armature; Contact transition; Railgun

Indexed keywords

BRUSH CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; FRICTION; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FLOW;

BRUSH ARMATURE; CONTACT TRANSITION; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037235269     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805904     Document Type: Article

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