Theory and application of dynamic aging for life estimation in machine insulation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 773-782

  Nelson, J Keith ^a   Azizi Ghannad, Saber ^a   Li, Hong ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Entergy Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RELIABILITY; STRESSES;

DYNAMIC AGING THEORY; DYNAMIC MULTISTRESS AGING MODEL; DYNAMIC STAGNATION VOLTAGE; GROUNDWALL INSULATION;

ELECTRIC MACHINE INSULATION;

EID: 0034479531     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.891988     Document Type: Article

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