Conductors and conductor protection

IT is a purpose of this paper to note the principles underlying the establishment of current-carrying capacities of electric conductors including those for air-borne applications. Another purpose is to determine the concepts regulating the requirements for the protection of the conductors. Further objectives of this presentation comprise the consolidation of conductor performance and conductor protection requirements, the distinction between laboratory and field significance of these data, and the evaluation of the respective product characteristics in comparison with specification requirements.