AC breakdown characteristics of epoxy nanocomposites

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1526-1534

  Preetha, P ^a   Thomas, M Joy ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

alumina; breakdown strength; epoxy; interface; inverse power law; Nanocomposites; silica; thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

AC BREAKDOWNS; BREAKDOWN STRENGTHS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN STRENGTH; EPOXY; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EPOXY-SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; FILLER LOADING; FILLER RESINS; INVERSE POWER LAW; MATERIAL PROPERTY; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; SAMPLE THICKNESS; WEIBULL SHAPE;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; EXPERIMENTS; FILLERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOADING; SILICA;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80054081615     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2011.6032821     Document Type: Conference Paper

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