A new capability to detect and locate insulation defects in complex wiring systems

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 14-20

  Schneider, Larry ^a   Howard, R Kevin ^a   Glover, Steven F ^a   Lockner, Tom ^a   Dinallo, Mike ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect location; Pulse arrested spark discharge (PASD); Time domain reflectometry; Wiring diagnostic

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INSULATION; ELECTRIC SPARKS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REFLECTOMETERS;

DEFECT LOCATION; PULSE ARRESTED SPARK DISCHARGE (PASD); TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WIRING DIAGNOSTIC;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 25444449336     PISSN: 08837554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEI.2005.1489985     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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