Axial magnetic field contacts with nonuniform distributed axial magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-294

  Shi, Zongqian ^a   Jia, Shenli ^a   Fu, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Zheng ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (China)

^c Jinzhou Huaguang Power and Electronic Group Co   (China)

Author keywords

Axial magnetic fields (AMFs); Ferromagnetic material; High current diffuse arc; Vacuum arc

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

MAGNETIC CONTACTS; VACUUM ARCS;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 0038623684     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.810724     Document Type: Article

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