Title :
Analysis of electrostatic discharge (ESD) for the human body and an automobile environment
Author :
Greason, William D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The objective of this work was to analyze possible electrostatic discharge (ESD) events involving the interface between the human body and an automobile. Charge generated by triboelectrification for a vehicle in motion and the interface between clothing worn by the human body and a vehicle´s seats are prime causes for automotive ESD. The concept of a coupling factor can be utilized to predict values of discharge parameters for the limiting cases of typical situations involving the charged human body, another human body and an automobile.
Keywords :
automobiles; electric charge; electrostatic discharge; triboelectricity; ESD events; automobile environment; automotive ESD; charge generation; clothing; coupling factor; discharge parameters; electrostatic discharge; human body; triboelectrification; vehicle seats; Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Capacitance; Circuit testing; Electrostatic analysis; Electrostatic discharge; Humans; Immune system; Land vehicles; Road vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 1998. Thirty-Third IAS Annual Meeting. The 1998 IEEE
Conference_Location :
St. Louis, MO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4943-1
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1998.729810
