{"title":"Elastic-plastic axisymmetric sinusoidal surface asperity contact","authors":"S. Saha, R. Jackson","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780001","url":null,"abstract":"Closed-form finite-element empirical solutions are available for elastic-plastic spherical and sinusoidal contact. However, some of these models do not consider the effect of interaction with adjacent asperities or require extensive numerical resources because they employ a full 3-D model. The present work has considered these factors during modeling. The current finite element model (FEM) represents an axisymmetric elastic-plastic sinusoidal surface in contact with a rigid flat for a wide range of material properties and different values of the amplitude to wavelength ratio. The numerical results are compared with the existing elastic-plastic spherical contact model. Empirical equations are derived for the critical pressure at which two surface will reach complete contact. Complete contact occurs when there is no gap remaining between two contacting surfaces. An equation for the critical value of the amplitude of the sinusoidal asperity below which it will deform completely elastically from initial to complete contact is also established. The current study finds that for the cases which have amplitudes that fall below the critical value, and are elastic in nature, that the previously published perfectly elastic model can be used. The results are applicable for almost all kinds of metallic materials.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123731774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation on dwell stage of arcs in bridge type contacts for high-voltage DC relay","authors":"Kai Bo, Xue Zhou, G. Zhai, Xinlei Qiao","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780026","url":null,"abstract":"Bridge-type contacts co-operated with permanent magnet are widely used in 270V/200A DC power relays. The permanent magnet helps to drive the arc out of contact gaps as soon as possible, and also helps to bend and quench the arc rapidly. Arc dwell stage is the first stage between arc ignition and the arc root moves out of the gap. This paper is focused on numerical investigation of dwell stage behaviors in bridge-type contacts in a 270V/200A DC power relay. A 2-D nitrogen arc model based on magneto-hydrodynamics theory is built and calculated. Basic dwell stage parameters are described by a set of coupled equations, including Navier-Stokes equation, energy equations and Maxwell equations. By adopting a floating potential, the voltage drop between movable contact and stationary contacts is solved. The detailed dwell stage behaviors are presented and preliminarily discussed according to the calculated temperature and arc current density distributions. Furthermore, experiments are carried out to validate the simulation results. The simulated arc voltage shows good agreement with that of acquired by experiments.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126391015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human factors affecting bolted busbar reliability","authors":"David M. Williams","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780012","url":null,"abstract":"Bolted busbar style connections on field installed power cords are common for high current electrical appliances mainly due to unique home appliance wiring which presents to the appliance either a three-wire or four-wire power outlet. This field installed situation creates an opportunity for significant variation which was the genesis for this study. A summary review of the applicable electrical joint theory related to the specific design adaptation of the bolted busbar under study is first reviewed. Then a wide inference space experimental investigation of human factors and variation sources is conducted to understand their effect on the junction tightness and contact resistance. Extrapolation of the findings in the study can be applied generally to any psychomechanical system where twist action tightness is accomplished through human haptic perception.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121635819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of the gas environment on the electric arc","authors":"D. Grogg, C. Schrank","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780019","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of the oxygen concentration on the break arc is observed in a range of 0 to 50 % oxygen in an oxygen-nitrogen mixture under a resistive DC load of 55.5 V and 10 Ω. The arc characteristics are observed by means of oscilloscope traces and high speed camera images showing a clear correlation of the arc motion and the speed of the motion with the oxygen concentration. In contrast, the electrical characteristics change only little over all gases containing oxygen and show a large difference for pure nitrogen. The motion of the arc on AgSnO2 and AgNi 0.15 is influenced in different ways by the higher oxygen concentration. The average distance between cathode spots (arc step) from frame to frame (observed at 483'000 images/s) is lowest for pure nitrogen for both materials. For AgSnO2, the arc step increases with increasing oxygen concentration at low oxygen levels and reaches a maximum step size at 15 to 20 % oxygen. For AgNi 0.15 larger arc steps are observed at 5 % oxygen, decreasing with increasing oxygen concentration over the whole range. These experiments show the importance of oxygen on the arc behavior and, therefore, on the relay behavior.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116476658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temperature rise in a load break switch","authors":"E. Fjeld, W. Rondeel, M. Saxegaard","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780006","url":null,"abstract":"Air is a desirable alternative to the less environmental friendly SF6 in compact medium voltage switchgear. However, the poor thermal properties of air requires better thermal designs to keep the temperature rise within the allowable industry limits to avoid premature switch degradation. This publication focuses on the temperature rise of load break switches (LBS) of different designs. A LBS with flexible braid was found to have considerably higher temperature rise than a design with the sliding contact. The study has shown that a stripped switch (with only the current path) can be used together with empirical determined heat transfer coefficients in a first approach for predicting the temperature rise of the critical parts of the LBS. Aluminum construction elements functioning as heat sinks had a huge impact on the temperature rise of the LBS, and design elements that can utilize this might be important when replacing SF6 with air.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132381618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junxing Chen, Fei Yang, K. Luo, Yi Wu, C. Niu, M. Rong
{"title":"Study on contact spots of fractal rough surfaces based on three-dimensional Weierstrass-Mandelbrot function","authors":"Junxing Chen, Fei Yang, K. Luo, Yi Wu, C. Niu, M. Rong","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780032","url":null,"abstract":"All engineering surfaces are of certain degree of roughness and comprising asperities of various size. When two rough surfaces contact with each other, the contact load will be dispersed by numerous contact spots generated by the compressive deformation of asperities. Weierstrass-Mandelbrot function is widely used in fractal contact theories to model the roughness and self-affinity of engineering surfaces. It is found that the fundamental assumptions in conventional fractal contact models are unsuitable for the description of true conditions. A numerical statistical method is utilized on the calculated fractal rough surfaces by W-M function to investigate the exact formulation of the size distribution function and profile function of asperities in fractal contact theories. Based on the statistical results presented, a modified three-dimension fractal contact theory is proposed.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130357993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single and multi-spot current density distribution","authors":"R. Malucci","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780014","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an analysis of the current density distribution in a single circular contact spot for cases that represents geometrical configurations that are closer to what occurs in real contacting members. In the past, flat contact spots have been used to estimate current density distributions for single circular spots by assuming that bridge conditions do not exist. However, the bridge condition changes the current density at the edge of the contact spot. With no bridge, the mixed boundary conditions for voltage and electric field lie in a plane and give rise to infinite current densities at the edge of the contact spot. In the present paper, when bridge geometries exist, it was found the mixed boundary conditions do not lie in a plane and give rise to finite current densities at the edges. In this work, electromagnetic theory was used to calculate the current density distribution that occurs for bridge geometries. These results are subsequently compared to the traditional results that are often used in analyses and show as the slope of the bridge increases, the current density at the edge decreases to finite values. In addition, it was seen that as the slope increases the current density tends to even out across the contact spot. Consequently, it is seen that the bridge condition at the contact spot may impact the degradation rate for current density driven mechanisms such as electro-migration. In addition, to complete the picture, the impact on average current density in individual spots is reviewed regarding the effects of spot size and position in the contact region.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134452185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Boukadoum, A. Barbet, P. Dessante, R. Landfried, T. Leblanc, P. Teste
{"title":"Simple 1D model of a short gap DC electric arc in in aeronautical pressure conditions","authors":"R. Boukadoum, A. Barbet, P. Dessante, R. Landfried, T. Leblanc, P. Teste","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780029","url":null,"abstract":"In the next few years the electrical power embedded in future aircrafts will strongly increase. The supply voltage will increase to 230 VAC and ± 270 VDC or 540 VDC; thereby studies concerning the embedded equipment behavior must be done. For such power networks characteristics the risk of arc fault and requirements for arc tracking will also increase. The aim of this work is to propose a simple 1D model of a DC short gap electric arc in aeronautical pressure conditions: i.e. a pressure in the range [10 mbar–1 bar] which corresponds to the aircrafts altitudes. By emitting certain assumptions, the approach is to find the temperature distribution in the arc column and deduce from that the characteristics of the arc current as a function of electric field in the column and the maximum temperature in the center of the arc column. The novelty of this work is the observation of the evolution of the temperature (and as a consequence the evolution of the arc current) if we assume that the radius of the arc column is not limited like in wall stabilized arc where the wall is water cooled, the arc radius can expand as much as possible. The study is done in the air.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114077401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Break arc duration characteristics of AgSnO2 contacts under magnetic field application with contact opening speeds in the range up to 200mm/s in DC load conditions","authors":"M. Hasegawa, S. Tokumitsu","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780018","url":null,"abstract":"Break operations of AgSnO2 contact pairs were conducted in a DC inductive circuit (L=5.7mH) at 14V-11A and in a DC resistive circuit at 14V-13A under different contact opening speeds from 0.5 to 200 mm/s and with/without external magnetic field application in air. Break arc voltage waveforms were observed, and total break arc durations and metallic phase durations were determined based the observed arc voltage waveforms. After the experiments, averages for total arc durations as well as the metallic phase and gaseous phase (when observed) durations were calculated at each condition. The results show that increases in the contact opening speeds lead to reductions in metallic phase durations, while application of external magnetic field causes gaseous phases to become shorter.","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121650483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Mashimo, S. Yamazaki, Atsushi Shimoyamada, H. Nishikubo, Y. Hori, H. Sasaki
{"title":"Microstructure of fretting debris on tin-plated terminals","authors":"K. Mashimo, S. Yamazaki, Atsushi Shimoyamada, H. Nishikubo, Y. Hori, H. Sasaki","doi":"10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HOLM.2016.7780022","url":null,"abstract":"Observations of sliced cross sections after sliding was made with a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). The sliced samples were picked from the fretting debris on the surface of specimens. Recently, high-angle annular dark-field STEM (HAADF STEM) technology has been significantly advanced [5-7]. The resolution is sufficiently fine to distinguish sub — angstrom structures, because of the improvement in convergence of electron beam. In dark — field images, the brightness contrast owing to the difference between the masses of two elements is clearly recognized. Thus, the electrical contact resistance after sliding might be estimated based on these observations. The authors have built a three-dimensional resistance-calculation model based on STEM observations. Presently, the observations are two-dimensional; therefore, the three-dimensional structure is built from discrete images with interpolation. The comparison of calculations and measurements is agreeable. The oxygen vacancies in SnO2 cannot be directly measured because of its low density. Though we can obtain the consistency of vacancies from the measurement of carrier density indirectly, this still adds uncertainty to the contact resistance simulation [4].","PeriodicalId":117231,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE 62nd Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts (Holm)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117068359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}