Mechanical and Electrical Simulations of the Tulip Contact System

Sebastian Łapczyński, Michał Szulborski, Karol Gołota, Łukasz Kolimas and Łukasz Kozarek
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Sebastian Łapczyński: Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Michał Szulborski: Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Karol Gołota: KGMG Sp. Z O. O., 22-100 Warsaw, Poland
Łukasz Kolimas: Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland
Łukasz Kozarek: ILF Consulting Engineers Polska Sp. Z.O.O., 02-823 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 19, 1-28

Abstract: The purpose of this work is to discuss the tulip contact behavior during mechanical and electrical simulations in a Finite Element Method (FEM) environment using ANSYS and COMSOL software. During the simulations, the full contact movement was analyzed. During the contact movement, the individual behavior of the contact components was taken into consideration. The motion simulation was carried out at different velocities and forces acting on the contact. The obtained results were compared to each other and discussed. Relatively, the angles of the contact surfaces to each other were also changed, which meant that we could conduct a more in-depth analysis. The other approach of simulation research was a field analysis of physical phenomena occurring in the tulip contact. This analysis was performed in COMSOL Multiphysics. Parametric analysis allowed an observation of the electric field in the tulip contact at different contact distances with respect to each other. This work is important in terms of the cost effectiveness for design procedures concerning tulip contacts and fault avoidance, which both result from mechanical and electrical conditions throughout contact exploitation and optimization of the working conditions for the tulip contact.

Keywords: tulip contact; electrical contacts; FEM; simulation; mechanical analysis; electrical parameters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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