Degradation of road tested automotive connectors

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-164

  Swingler, Johnathan ^a   McBride, John W ^a   Maul, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRETTING CORROSION; PYROLYSIS;

AUTOMOTIVE CONNECTORS;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 0033893675     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6144.833055     Document Type: Article

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