Brittle fracture of non-ceramic suspension insulators with epoxy cone end-fittings

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 739-751

  Kumosa, M ^a   Shankara Narayan, H ^b   Qiu, Q ^b   Bansal, A ^b  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Finite element analysis; Non ceramic suspension insulators

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LOADS; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

CRITICAL LOADING CONDITION; EPOXY CONE END FITTINGS; NON CERAMIC SUSPENSION INSULATORS; RUBBER SHEATH; TENSILE LOAD;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0031190978     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-3538(97)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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