Bus-bars - QuickField simulation example
Electric field distribution around two adjacent copper bus bars, one straight and one bent by 90 degrees, positioned in parallel planes at different potentials.
How to find electric field between adjacent busbars?
Answer Typical applications Geometry 3D extrusion / 3D import.
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Set up a 3D QuickField Electrostatics problem for an adjacent busbar arrangement and evaluate electric field between busbars from computed field results.
power busbar systems, switchgear busbars, substation conductor layouts
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Problem Type electrostatics.
Relative permittivity of air ε = 1,
Bar #1 voltage +10 kV, Bar #2 voltage -10 kV.
Find the electric field distribution.
The geometry model could be constructed two ways: by 3D extrusion or using 3D import.
Electric field stress distribution between the bars.
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