Multistress accelerated aging of polymer housed surge arresters under simulated coastal Florida conditions

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-225

  Soundarajan, Esaki ^a,b   Mohammed, Areef ^a   Graves, Jason ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Op Technologies Developing Software for Aviation Industry   (United States)

^c IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Ethylene propylene silicone blend; Multi stress; Polymer housed surge arresters; Silicone rubber

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; MULTI STRESS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBONS; INSULATING MATERIALS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SILICONES;

LIGHTNING ARRESTERS;

EID: 32844465957     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2006.1593419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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