Numerical study of the electrical arc movement supported by experiments

23rd International Conference on Electrical Contacts, ICEC 2006 - together with the 6th International Session on Electromechanical Devices, IS-EMD 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 22-27

  Rümpler, Christian ^a   Reichert, Frank ^b   Stammberger, Hartwig ^c   Terhoeven, Peter ^c   Berger, Frank ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ALGORITHMS AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING SCAI   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Moeller GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arc; Coupling; Low voltage

Indexed keywords

ARC; COMMERCIAL FINITE ELEMENT CODES; COUPLING INTERFACES; FINITE VOLUME CODE; LOW VOLTAGES; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARALLEL ELECTRODES;

COUPLINGS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; FLUID DYNAMICS; PLASMA TORCHES; STRESSES;

ELECTRIC ARCS;

EID: 79957606418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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