Theoretical determination of Anisotropic effective thermal conductivity in transformer windings

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Lussier, D T ^a   Ormiston, S J ^a   Marko, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSULATING MATERIALS; INSULATING OIL; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS;

FLATTENED CONDUCTORS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; OIL; PAPER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037908785     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1933(03)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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