Investigation of the DC breakdown mechanism in elastic syntactic foams

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 898-905

  Kessler, Michael ^a   Schnettler, Armin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric breakdown; Electric variables measurement; Silicone insulation

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN MECHANISM; CABLE TERMINATION; DC STRESS; DESIGN CRITERION; DIELECTRIC STRENGTHS; DISCHARGE PROCESS; ELASTIC FOAMS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; FIELD DISPLACEMENTS; FIELD SIMULATION; FILLING DEGREE; INSULATION MATERIALS; INSULATION SYSTEM; LOW DENSITY; OPTICAL INVESTIGATION; POLYMERIC MICROSPHERE; POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT; SYNTACTIC FOAMS;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FILLING; GELS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERS; SILICONES; SYNTACTICS;

ELECTRIC INSULATION;

EID: 77954191460     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5492264     Document Type: Article

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