Electrode Area Effect on Breakdown Field Strength of Vacuum Gaps under Non-Uniform Field

The transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.A

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 747-753

  Sato, Shinji ^a   Koyama, Kenichi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

area effect; breakdown; vacuum; vacuum interrupter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009547695     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.124.747     Document Type: Article

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