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ECE-5334: Transients in Power Systems

Description: Wave propagation, wave propagation on multiconductor systems, lightning phenomena, grounding for protection against lightning, direct lightning strokes to overhead lines without and with shield wires, fundamental concepts of switching transients, switching surge phenomena, system performance under switching surges, dynamic overvoltages, performance of power apparatus under transient voltages, surge arresters, insulation coordination, electromagnetic transient programs (EMTP). Pre: Graduate standing

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.73 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 76.13%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Mona Ghassemi202259.1%18.2%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.382
Yilu Liu2007100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.002
La Reelopez Jaime De201471.7%28.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.712
Yue J Wang2005100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.971

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