3-D FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF REPULSION FORCES ON CONTACT SYSTEMS INLOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT-BREAKERS

Authors
ITO S KAWASE Y MORI H
Citation
S. Ito et al., 3-D FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF REPULSION FORCES ON CONTACT SYSTEMS INLOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT-BREAKERS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 32(3), 1996, pp. 1677-1680
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on magnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1677 - 1680
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1996)32:3<1677:3FAORF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Low voltage circuit breakers which interrupt fault currents rapidly ar e widely used in power distribution systems. It is necessary for the o ptimum design of circuit breakers to analyze electromagnetic forces on the contact systems equipped with are rupturing parts, In this paper, the forces generated by currents and flux densities are obtained by u sing the 3-D finite element method taking into account a current const riction and variations in are diameter, It is shown that the 3-D analy sis is capable of evaluating new design of contact systems.