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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Manchester : B - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Performance of silicone rubber in DC inclined plane tracking tests
The work here, co-authored with ABB/CASE-funded PhD student Bruce and ABB staff, developed the existing AC inclined plane tracking and erosion test IEC-60587 for DC testing, showing its reproducibility, contrasting its behaviour with the AC standard. This approach has been taken up by workers at Waterloo University, (DOI 10.1109/TDEI.2013.6451362) and Indian Institute of Science (10.1109/TDEI.2012.6148506). ABB has also now purchased a DC tracker and is performing tests on materials with this method (contact details available). This work has been built on by many research groups in e.g. South Africa (10.1109/TDEI.2013.6508743), China (10.3969/j.issn.1003-6520.2012.10.018) and Malaysia (10.1109/PEOCO.2012.6230855).