Abstract:As the popularity of polymeric composites for outdoor high voltage (HV) use continues to increase, surface degradation through electrical discharge activity is becoming a more serious issue. In order to design composites offering improved resistance to degradation, and hence improved component lifetimes, tests need to be performed under controlled conditions in order to rank different materials. Inclined plane tracking tests are often used to determine the relative performance of various material formulations … Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.