The impulse breakdown trajectory in air between rod and plane electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 108-113

  Watson, D B ^a   Ma, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRODES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IMPULSE BREAKDOWN TRAJECTORY; PREBREAKDOWN SPACE CHARGE MODEL;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 0031072553     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.590877     Document Type: Article

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