The invention discloses a method for simulating
molten pool characteristics of different vacuum contact materials, which comprises the following steps of: establishing a geometric model of a vacuum
circuit breaker contact, and setting initial conditions and boundary conditions; solving a temperature field and a flow field of the model by using a
finite difference method to obtain distribution of the temperature field and the flow field so as to obtain a
temperature gradient change condition and a flow field
volume fraction change condition, and solving a
solid-
liquid phase change proportion of the contact material to obtain a
phase change speed; material parameters of different contact materials are set,
molten pool characteristics under the different material parameters are obtained,
fusion welding resistance of the different contact materials is analyzed, and an optimal scheme of the contact materials is preliminarily screened out; trace elements of different types and different contents are added into the contact material, the
molten pool characteristics and the
fusion welding resistance of the contact material after the trace elements are added are compared, and the contact
material element proportion with the optimal
fusion welding resistance is obtained; according to the method, the contact material and the element ratio with the optimal fusion
welding resistance under
high voltage can be obtained, the cost can be reduced, the
development period can be shortened, and resource waste can be reduced.