Coaxial cylinders capacitance - QuickField simulation example
Find the mutual capacitance between two coaxial infinitely long cylinders.
How to find mutual capacitance of coaxial cylindrical conductors?
Engineering answer Typical applications Geometry
a = 5 mm, b = 10 mm.
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Reference: *Wikipedia, Capacitance.
Engineering question
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField Electrostatics problem for coaxial cylindrical conductors and evaluate mutual capacitance from computed field results.
coaxial transmission lines, cylindrical capacitors, shielded cable structures
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Plane-parallel problem of electrostatics.
Relative permittivity of air ε = 1,
Find the mutual capacitance between two coaxial infinitely long cylinders and compare it with analytical solution*:
C = 2πεε0 / ln(a/b) [F/m].
Each of the conductor's surface is marked as 'floating conductor', i.e. isolated conductors with unknown potential. At some point on each of conductor's surface the charge is applied q = 1 nC. The charge is then redistributed along the conductor surface automatically.
The capacitance can be calculated as C = q / ΔU
The measured potential difference is ΔU = 12.4585 V.
The capacitance is C = 10-9 / 12.4585 = 8.027·10-11 F = 80.27 pF per 1 meter of model length. Reference value* is 80.26 pF/m
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