Numerical study on current and thermal distributions of electrical contacts by FEM

K. Koibuchi, K. Sawa
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Accurate determinations of contact resistance (which contains constriction and film resistance) and temperature rise are most conventional and important issues of electric conduction devices. This paper investigates coupled analysis of current and thermal distributions of Ag electrode by FEM. Intended final results are to obtain constriction resistance and temperature values. Contact areas (a-spot) of spherical and flat shaped Ag electrodes are discretized to a large number of narrow finite elements. Firstly, current density distributions in each element are calculated by FEM, and contact resistance values are obtained from the impressed current and electric potential difference between the anode and cathode. Compared with the theoretical results by R. Holm's equation for constriction resistance, calculated contact resistance values of several a-spot radii show fine agreement. Local Joule heat distributions are also obtained. Moreover, thermal distributions in the electrodes are shown as the calculated results. As a quantitative verification, tendency of maximum temperature of the calculated results shows good agreement with phi-thetas theory by R. Holm.
电触点电流和热分布的有限元数值研究
准确测定接触电阻(包括收缩电阻和薄膜电阻)和温升是导电器件中最传统和最重要的问题。本文采用有限元法对银电极的电流分布和热分布进行了耦合分析。预期的最终结果是获得收缩阻力和温度值。将球形和扁平银电极的接触区域(a点)离散为大量的窄单元。首先,采用有限元法计算了各元件的电流密度分布,并根据阳极和阴极的外加电流和电位差计算了接触电阻值。与R. Holm收缩阻力方程的理论计算结果相比,计算得到的几个a点半径的接触电阻值具有较好的一致性。局部焦耳热分布也得到了。计算结果显示了电极内的热分布。作为定量验证,计算结果的最高温度趋势与R. Holm的phi-theta理论符合得很好。
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