Water diffusion into and electrical testing of composite insulator GRP rods

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-522

  Armentrout, D ^a   Kumosa, M ^a   Kumosa, L ^a  

^a University of Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite insulators; Glass reinforced polymer; GRP rods; Leakage current; Mechanical pre loading; Nitric acid exposure; Non ceramic insulators; Sand blasting; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE INSULATORS; LEAKAGE CURRENT; NON-CERAMIC INSULATORS; WATER DIFFUSION;

BLASTING; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ESTERS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBERS; NITRIC ACID; SAND; STANDARDS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; VINYL RESINS;

ELECTRIC INSULATORS;

EID: 3142730493     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2004.1306729     Document Type: Article

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