A new technique for measuring stress relaxation of power connectors machined from high performance copper alloy rod

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Unreliable power connections can cause extensive equipment damage and may result in serious personal injury. This paper covers the details related to sample geometry calculations, measurement procedure, equipment accuracy and stress relaxation test results when using a typical high-performance copper alloy rod as the connector base material.

Description

Unreliable power connections can cause extensive equipment damage and may result in serious personal injury. This paper covers the details related to sample geometry calculations, measurement procedure, equipment accuracy and stress relaxation test results when using a typical high-performance copper alloy rod as the connector base material.

Additional information

Author(s)

Jim L. Johnson, Brush Wellman Inc., and Dr. Patrick Flanagan, Cleveland State University, USA

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI 70th Annual Convention, Nashville, TN USA. Paper published in Wire Journal International, March 2001, pg. 274.

Year

2000