Modeling moving electric arcs: Verification of a coupled fluid-dynamics magnetostatic approach

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 790-793

  Kubicek, Bernhard ^a   Berger, Karl A ^a  

^a ARSENAL RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arc discharges; Experimental; Low voltage circuit breakers; Plasma arc devices; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGES; LOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKERS; PLASMA ARC DEVICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETOSTATICS; MOMENTUM; VERIFICATION;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 44049104526     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.916371     Document Type: Article

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