Aging of multistressed polymeric insulators

Presents a comprehensive bibliographic survey pertaining to multi-stress-related degradation and aging of polymers with principal focus on their use as HV (high-voltage) insulators. The papers in the survey are arranged in the order of the year of publication, with most recent first and data as far back as 1948. However, the literature search for the 1980s was more intense than that for the earlier years. This is because most older literature is always referred to in the recent papers. The survey listings do not discriminate between simultaneously and sequentially applied stresses, or do they preclude papers in which only one externally applied stress induces other stress factors. The survey is intended to help the researchers in academia and industry, both in making an assessment of the current status of the particular research area(s) of their interest and in seeking directions in which to proceed.<
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