Voltage saturation in electrical contacts via viscoplastic creep

Acta Materialia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 726-737

  Bansal, Dinesh G ^a   Streator, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Current cycling; Electrical contacts; Viscoplastic creep; Voltage saturation

Indexed keywords

CURRENT CYCLING; CURRENT LEVELS; CURRENT YIELDS; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; LOW CURRENTS; SATURATION POINT; VISCOPLASTIC; VOLTAGE DROP; VOLTAGE LEVELS; VOLTAGE SATURATION;

ALUMINUM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CREEP; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; SPHERES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 78449238630     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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