Memristive behaviour of high-impedance faults

Abstract

In th is reported wor k, the analo gy between parallel electrical arcs and memristors is extended to hi gh-impedance faults such as carbonised paths and circuit openings. First, it is demonstrated th at the conductance from th e high-impedance Mayr model behaves like a particular memd uctance sensitive to the integral of the squared current. Then, the current-voltage plot confi rms the memristive behaviour of highimped ance faults, both by simulation and with experimental results.