Measurement of the internal impedance of traction rails at audiofrequency

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 792-797

  Mariscotti, Andrea ^a   Pozzobon, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Inductance measurement; Rail transportation power systems; Resistance measurement; Time measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INDUCTANCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SKIN EFFECT; TIME MEASUREMENT;

AUDIOFREQUENCY; INTERNAL IMPEDANCE; INTERNAL MAGNETIC FLUX; TRACTION RAILS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2942599751     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.827321     Document Type: Article

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