Failure analyses of nonceramic insulators Part 1: Brittle fracture characteristics

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 14-27

  Kumosa, Maciej S ^a   Kumosa, Lucas S ^a   Armentrout, Daniel L ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Composite; Failure modes; Nonceramic; Polymer insulators; Prevention; Stress corrosion cracking

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; TENSILE STRESS;

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; FAILURE MODES; NONCERAMIC INSULATORS; POLYMER INSULATORS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 20444398781     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2005.1437604     Document Type: Article

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