Modeling the growth of streamers during liquid breakdown

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Kim, Minkyu ^a   Hebner, Robert E ^a   Hallock, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric liquids; Electric breakdown; Fractals; Modeling; Probability; Trees

Indexed keywords

ANODES; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANODE STREAMERS; LIQUID BREAKDOWN; STOCHASTIC GROWTH;

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN;

EID: 42149101116     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4483476     Document Type: Article

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