Vibration-induced changes in the contact resistance of high power electrical connectors for hybrid vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Fu, Rujian ^a   Choe, Song Yul Ben ^a   Jackson, Robert L ^a   Flowers, George T ^a   Bozack, Michael J ^a   Zhong, Liang ^b   Kim, Daegee ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LS Cable Company Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamic response; fretting; high power automotive connectors; silver coating; vibrations

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT INTERFACE; ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; FRETTING; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH-POWER; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; RELATIVE MOTION; SILVER COATING; TEST STANDS; VIBRATIONS;

COATINGS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; HYBRID VEHICLES; SILVER PLATING; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION;

EID: 84859078811     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2011.2170168     Document Type: Article

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