Determination of Breakdown Voltage Along the Surface of a Cylindrical Insulator

This article investigates the electric breakdown along the surface of a cylindrical dielectric, part of a coaxial transmission line. The particular geometry of the insulator is very common, as it is used at the input or output of most high-power, high-voltage (HV) generators. The streamer propagation criterion is used to calculate the flashover voltage. Studies of the dependence of the flashover v...