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Wear-level-monitoring on electrical conductors with high-frequency alternating currents

  • Philipp Lenz ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Armin Wittmann and Georg Fischer
From the journal Frequenz

Abstract

In this paper, a methodical approach for the in-situ monitoring of the mechanical wear of electrical conductors is presented. The state of life can be assessed by means of the characteristic attenuation of an applied high-frequency alternating current. The advantages of this approach include its non-destructive nature and the applicability to installed and otherwise inaccessible conductors.


Corresponding author: Philipp Lenz, Laboratory for Applied Production Engineering, Trier University of Applied Sciences, 54293 Trier, Germany, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Klaus Faber AG for their financial support.

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-08-24
Accepted: 2020-11-02
Published Online: 2020-11-16
Published in Print: 2021-03-26

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