• DocumentCode
    1449976
  • Title

    Contact transients in simple electric circuits

  • Author

    Martin, F. E. ; Stauss, H. E.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
  • Volume
    70
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1951
  • Firstpage
    1039
  • Lastpage
    1039
  • Abstract
    THE PROPER FUNCTIONING of electric contacts is of great practical importance. Much work has been done on contacts, but comparatively little has been done on types of transient phenomena occurring in inductive d-c circuits when the circuit is broken. This oscilloscopic investigation covered the variation of transients occurring for a fixed contact pair over a range of lumped inductance and lumped capacitance values in a contact circuit. In addition, effects on the transients of varying the current and the voltage impressed on the circuit were studied.
  • Keywords
    Capacitance; Contacts; Discharges (electric); Inductance; Oscillators; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1951.6436969
  • Filename
    6436969