Predicting electrical breakdown in polymeric insulators: From deterministic mechanisms to failure statistics

Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), Annual Report

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 1-18

  Dissado, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

POLYMERIC INSULATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS;

EID: 0036445476     PISSN: 00849162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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