Model for electrical tree initiation in epoxy resin

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 655-668

  Wu, Kai ^a,b,c   Dissado, L A ^a,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c Central Research Institute   (Japan)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g DEIS Administrative Committee ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Charge carrier processes; Electric breakdown; Electroluminescence; Percolation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER PROCESS; CHARGE RECOMBINATION; ELECTRICAL TREE INITIATION;

AGING OF MATERIALS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); TREES (MATHEMATICS);

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 27744586663     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2005.1511091     Document Type: Article

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