3D finite element analysis of a miniature circuit breaker

Author

Pop, Daniel ; Neamt, Liviu ; Tirnovan, Radu ; Sabou, Dorin

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper a miniature circuit breaker (MCB) is analyzed using a finite method analysis (FEA) software. Once the 3D model was implemented, a series of simulations were carried out in order to find out the forces that appear inside the electromechanical trip unit and what influences the plunger to trip faster. Also, the influence of the material nonlinearity is emphasized in order to understand the real behavior of the material in a specific applied magnetic field.

Keywords

circuit breakers; finite element analysis; magnetic fields; power engineering computing; 3D model; 3d finite element analysis; FEA software; applied magnetic field; electromechanical trip unit; material nonlinearity; miniature circuit breaker; plunger; Circuit breakers; Finite element analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic circuits; Magnetostatics; Materials; Solid modeling; circuit breakers; electromagnetic forces; finite element methods; magnetostatic; short circuit currents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering (ATEE), 2013 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bucharest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5979-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATEE.2013.6563371

Filename

6563371