Spread spectrum sensors for critical fault location on live wire networks

Structural Control and Health Monitoring

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 257-267

  Furse, Cynthia ^a,b   Smith, Paul ^b   Lo, Chet ^a   Chung, You Chung ^c   Pendayala, Praveen ^d   Nagoti, Kedarnath ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b LiveWire Test Labs Inc   (United States)

^c Dae Gu University   (South Korea)

^d QualCore Logic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fault location; Health monitoring; Reflectometry; Spread spectrum; Wiring

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WIRING; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; REFLECTOMETERS; SENSORS; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION;

AGING; FAULT LOCATION; HEALTH MONITORING; INTERMITTENT FAULTS;

ELECTRIC WIRE;

EID: 27144458403     PISSN: 15452255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stc.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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