A model to describe intermittency phenomena in electrical connectors

Electrical Contacts, Proceedings of the Annual Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 165-174

  Maul, C ^a   McBride, J W ^b  

^a TaiCaan Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Discontinuity; Fretting corrosion; Intermittence; Intermittency phenomena; Tin plating

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FRETTING CORROSION; TINNING;

INTERMITTENCY PHENOMENA;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS;

EID: 0036452867     PISSN: 03614395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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