Effect of self-magnetic field on large pulsed insulators operated at 4 megavolts and 5 megaamperes

Conference Record of the International Power Modulator Symposium and High Voltage Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 54-59

  Savage, Mark E ^a   Stygar, William A ^a   Elizondo, Juan M ^a   Ives, Harry C ^a   Shoup, William ^a   Struve, Kenneth W ^a   McDaniel, Dillon H ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

GRADING RINGS; INSULATOR STACKS; MAGNETIC FLASHOVER-INHIBITION (MFI); MAGNETICALLY INSULATED TRANSMISSION LINES (MITL);

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 22244458949     PISSN: 10768467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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