Objectives:
The Multifactor Stress Committee exists to provide guidance in the means of
assessing the reliability of insulating materials and systems operating under
multifactor stresses.
Past Achievements:
In the early 1990’s, when under the chairmanship of V.J.Agarwal it issued
guidelines for a protocol for multifactor testing. In subsequent meetings
it became clear that the complex nature of the problem made it difficult to
advance to an all-embracing standard. It was decided that the committee could
best fulfil its purpose by acting as a means of disseminating information
and understanding of multifactor stress ageing to the research field. Consequently
a very well attended workshop was held at CEIDP in Victoria, Canada in 2000.
Electronic copies of the presentations of most of the speakers were made available
on request to the current co-chairman, L.A.Dissado.
Current and Future Activities:
One result of that workshop has been the growing realisation that local energy
concentrations play a big role in determining the extent of ageing degradation.
This suggested to the co-chair that one way of estimating the effect of multifactor
stresses is to determine the energy concentration that is produced. It is
intended to introduce this as a topic for discussion at forthcoming meetings.
Meetings:
A meeting will be held at the forthcoming CEIDP conference in Albuquerque,
and arrangements are under discussion for a 1-day workshop to be held outside
of CEIDP in 2004.
Membership:
Prof. L.A. Dissado (co-chair)
Dept. of Engineering
University of Leicester
Leicester LE1 7RH UK
Dr. W. Linzey (co-chair)
Lectromechanical Design Co.
45000 Underwood Lane, Suite L
Dulles, VA 20166-2305 USA
Dr. V.J. Agarwal
College SI CUNY
2800 Victoria Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10314 USA
Dr. Manny Brancato
Dr. Ed Barker
Material Science & Engineering, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22903-2242 USA
Dr. A. Fouracre
Dept. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland UK
Prof. G.C. Montanari
Dept. Ing.Elettrica, Universite di Bologna,
Viale Resorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna Italy
Prof. T.J. Lewis
School of Electronic Engineering Science, University of Wales
Bangor, LL57 1UT UK
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