The internal pressures in the insulation of two 5-m long pieces of a state-of-the art mass-impregnated non-draining subsea cable have been measured under load current cycling at ambient temperatures ranging from 3 to 37 °C. Thermal expansion of the mass gives in some cases rather extreme intern...

The internal pressures in the insulation of two 5-m long pieces of a state-of-the art mass-impregnated non-draining subsea cable have been measured under load current cycling at ambient temperatures ranging from 3 to 37 °C. Thermal expansion of the mass gives in some cases rather extreme internal pr...