Accession Number:

AD0258489

Title:

MOTION OF AN ELECTRIC ARC IN A MAGNETIC FIELD

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• BRON,O.B.

Report Date:

1961-03-09

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Contents Extinction of an electric arc by a magnetic field Different forms of arc motion Apparatus for high-speed photography Mechanical expansion of an arc Arc motion between parallel electrodes Arc motion across horn-shaped electrodes Magnetic expansion of an electric arc Comparison of the effect of the normal component of the arc velocity in the magnetic field with the effect of air blow-out Forces acting on an arc located between two parallel busbars Survey of the principal literature on the ques tion of the motion of an arc in a magnetic field

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRIC ARCS
• *MAGNETIC FIELDS
• CIRCUIT BREAKERS
• ELECTRODES
• HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
• MOTION
• PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE