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020			_a9781315216829 _q(e-book : PDF)
020			_a9781351824026 _q(e-book: Mobi)
020			_a9781439881316 _q(e-book: PDF)
020			_z9781439881309 _q(hardback)
020			_z9781138077102 _q(paperback)
024	7		_a10.1201/b15640 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)868488293
040			_aFlBoTFG _cFlBoTFG _erda
050		4	_aTK2821 _b.E34 2014
082	0	4	_a621.31042 _bE383
245	0	0	_aElectrical contacts : _bprinciples and applications / _cedited by Paul G. Slade.
250			_aSecond edition.
264		1	_aBoca Raton : _bTaylor & Francis, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_apart 1. Contact interface conduction -- part 2. Nonarcing contacts -- part 3. The electric arc and switching device technology -- part 4. Arcing contact materials -- part 5. Sliding electrical contacts -- part 6. Contact data.
520			_aPreface to the Second Edition Since the publication of the first edition of this book there have been some very costly system failures, which could have been prevented with a better knowledge of electrical contact phenomena. I will give two examples. The first is an electrical connector that supplied power to the Main Fuel Shut-off Valve in the F-16 fighter airplane. This connector used tin plated pins plugged into a gold plated socket. As will be briefly discussed in Chapters 3 and 4, the failure of this combination from fretting corrosion in the aircraft's vibration environment caused the fuel to stop flowing to the jet engines. Several F-16 crashes are attributed to this connector failure with a subsequent cost of over $100 M. In hindsight it is probable that this pin socket combination used extensively in the earlier F-111 airplane resulted in it cancellation. Failure of the connectors most probably resulted in this plane's performance changing from a terrain following aircraft to a terrain impacting one. The second example occurred in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which began its initial testing in September 2008. Soon after it began to operate, a connection to a 12 MVA transformer failed. This cut power to the main compressors that operated the cryogenic system for cooling the super conducting magnets in two sections. This failure caused extensive wiring damage that cost more than $20 M to repair and set back the initial operation of this expensive experimental system by about nine months-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aElectric contacts. _917537
700	1		_aSlade, Paul G., _d1941- _eeditor. _917538
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781439881309 _w(DLC) 2013045571
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315216829 _zClick here to view.
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