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Electrical Contacts Principles and Applications Second Version By Paul G Slade
Book Description:
Covering the theory, application, and testing of contact materials, Electrical Contacts: Principles and Applications, Second Edition introduces a thorough discussion on making electric contact and contact interface conduction presents a general outline of, and measurement techniques for, important corrosion mechanisms considers the results of contact wear when plug-in connections are made and broken investigates the effect of thin noble metal plating on electronic connections and relates crucial considerations for making high- and low-power contact joints. It examines contact use in switching devices, including the interruption of AC and DC circuits with currents in the range 10mA to 100kA and circuits up to 1000V, and describes arc formation between open contacts and between opening contacts. Arcing effects on contacts such as erosion, welding, and contamination are also addressed.
Containing nearly 3,000 references, tables, equations, figures, drawings, and photographs, the book provides practical examples encompassing everything from electronic circuits to high power circuits, or microamperes to mega amperes. The new edition:
– Reflects the latest advances in electrical contact science and technology
– Examines current research on contact corrosion, materials, and switching
– Includes updates and revisions in each chapter, as well as up-to-date references and new figures and examples throughout
– Delivers three new chapters on the effects of dust contamination, electronic sensing for switching systems, and contact phenomena for micro-electronic systems (MEMS) applications
For the reason that publication of the primary version of this e-book there have been some very pricey syste failures, which may have been prevented with a greater data {of electrical} contact phenomena. I’ll give two examples. The primary is {an electrical} connector that equipped energy to the “Fundamental Gasoline Shut-off Valve” within the F-16 fighter airplane. This connector used tin plated pins plugged into gold plated sockets. As will probably be briefly mentioned in Chapter 3, the failure of this mix from fretting corrosion within the plane’s vibration setting prompted the gas to cease flowing to the jet engines.A number of F-16 crashes have been attributed to this connector failure with a subsequent value of over $100 M. In hindsight it’s possible that this pin socket mixture used extensively within the earlier F-111 airplane resulted in it cancellation. Failure of the connectors likely resulted on this aircraft’s efficiency altering from a “terrain following” plane to a “terrain impacting” one. The second instance occurred within the Massive Hadron Collider (LHC), which started its preliminary testing in September 2008.
Quickly after it started to function, a connection to a 12 MVA transformer failed. This reduce energy to the principle compressors that operated the cryogenic system for cooling the tremendous conducting magnets in two sections. This failure prompted in depth wiring harm that value greater than $20 M to restore and set again the preliminary operation of this costly experimental system by about 9 months. I started my research within the fascinating world {of electrical} contacts as a graduate pupil on the College of Wales within the mid-1960s.
Since that point, I’ve been concerned with electrical contacts each as a analysis scientist and as a developer of switching parts. Though the topic is as previous as electrical energy, it has continued to evolve. To these of us who’ve continued working on this discipline, it has offered a stimulating and ever-expanding topic for analysis. It has, nevertheless, at all times been—and nonetheless is—on the periphery of different main know-how achievements. which have been important for the profitable improvement of the communication satellite tv for pc.
Consultants in electrical contact know-how can cite many such examples. Actually, electrical contacts of 1 kind or one other are present in each electrical part, and the correct operation of the contacts is at all times very important to the dependable operation of that part. The topic {of electrical} contacts is by necessity multidisciplinary. Regardless of which tutorial profession you initially start with, as quickly as you begin working on this space, you quickly develop basic data of many others.
The research {of electrical} contacts requires data of physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, supplies science, and environmental science. It additionally requires a broad functions data; contacts may be present in digital circuits that will carry currents of lower than 10–6 A and additionally in energy circuits that will carry currents of larger than 106 A. The intention of this e-book is to supply info on the present state {of electrical} contact science and engineering to training scientists and engineers, in addition to to supply a complete introduction to the topic for know-how graduate college students.
Electrical Contacts: Principles and Applications, Second Edition PDF
Author(s): Paul G. Slade
Series: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2013
ISBN: 1439881308