A study on evaluation with Weibull distribution function of contact conditions operated in inert gas atmospheres

Author

Makimoto, Jiro ; Hasegawa, Makoto ; Sawa, Koichiro

Author_Institution

Dept of Syst. Design Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

184

Lastpage

190

Abstract

Contact resistance data are likely to have certain distributions, probably depending on contact conditions. In this paper, the authors attempt to fit the Weibull distribution function curve to measured contact resistance data of Ag, Pd and Cu contacts operated in air and inert gas atmospheres. As a result, it can be said that differences in parameters of Weibull function calculated from the fitting process indicate differences in contact surface conditions.

Keywords

Weibull distribution; contact resistance; copper; curve fitting; electrical contacts; palladium; silver; surface chemistry; Ag; Ag contacts; Cu; Cu contacts; Pd; Pd contacts; Weibull distribution function; Weibull function parameters; air atmospheres; contact conditions; contact resistance data; contact surface conditions; curve fitting process; electrical contacts; inert gas atmospheres; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Contact resistance; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Partial discharges; Shape measurement; Surface fitting; Surface resistance; Weibull distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Contacts, 2002. Proceedings of the Forty-Eighth IEEE Holm Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7433-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOLM.2002.1040840

Filename

1040840