Porcelain corrugated insulator - QuickField simulation example
Porcelain solid type bushing insulator of sinusoidal shape under nominal conditions.
How to find electric field in corrugated porcelain insulators?
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Engineering question
Set up a 3D QuickField Electrostatics problem for a corrugated porcelain insulator and evaluate electric field distribution from computed field results.
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Simulation problem
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3D problem of electrostatics.
Insulator permittivity 2.2;
High voltage potential HV = 1000 V;
Ground electric potential V0 = 0 V.
Calculate the electric field stress distribution on insulator surface.
This problem could be simulated as 2D (axisymmetric) or 3D (import). The sinusoidal profile shape is generated in Excel file, that produces the table of coordinates (x,y,z). This table is imported in SOLIDWORKS to create either 3D body or 2D sketch.
Electric field stress distribution in insulator
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