Charge motion in technical insulators: Facts, fancies and simulations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-15

  Wintle, Howard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; OSCILLATIONS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

CHARGE DENSITY; FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 0242592169     PISSN: 00849162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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