Vacuum insulator flashover: Mechanisms, diagnostics and design implications

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-356

  Wetzer, J M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FLASHOVER; VACUUM;

VACUUM INSULATOR FLASHOVER;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0031207074     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.625347     Document Type: Article

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