Intermittent fault location on live electrical wiring systems

SAE International Journal of Aerospace

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1101-1106

  Smith, Paul ^a   Kuhn, Paul ^a   Furse, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT WIRES; ANALYSIS METHOD; ARC FAULTS; CIRCUIT BREAKER; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; INTERMITTENT FAULT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NOISE MARGINS; PN CODE; PSEUDO-NOISE CODES; SIMULATED PERFORMANCE; SPREAD SPECTRA; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WIRING FAULTS; WIRING SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LOCATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRE;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953199442     PISSN: 19463855     EISSN: 19463901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2008-01-2932     Document Type: Article

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