Maximum Permissible Values of Step and Touch Voltages with Special Consideration to Electrified Railroads

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn IA-20, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 935-941

  Jacimovic, Stanimir D ^a  

^a International Engineering Company Inc Railroad and Electrification Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE VALUES; STEP AND TOUCH VOLTAGES;

ELECTRIC RAILROADS;

EID: 0021469390     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: 19399367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.1984.4504508     Document Type: Article

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