Influence of grain size on distribution of temperature and thermal stress in ZnO varistor ceramics

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Chen, Qingheng ^a   He, Jinliang ^a   Tan, Kexiong ^a   Chen, Shuiming ^a   Yan, Minyu ^a   Tang, Jianxin ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL MATERIALS   (China)

Author keywords

Current; Temperature; Thermal stress; Voronoi diagram; ZnO varistor ceramics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144450044     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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