Advanced arc model for computation of low current arc characteristics

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 578-585

  Zeller, Peter ^a   Schoepf, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc characteristics; Arc model; DC interruption

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; ARC CHARACTERISTICS; ARC MODELS; ARC PLASMA; CIRCUIT INDUCTANCE; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; CONTACT MOTION; CURRENT CHANGE; DC INTERRUPTION; ELECTROMECHANICAL RELAYS; ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; GOVERNING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LOW CURRENT ARC; MATERIAL PROPERTY; SIMULATION TOOL; VOLTAGE SPIKES;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SWITCHING; TOOLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78650459770     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOLM.2010.5619476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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