Power busses in the air above the steel plate - QuickField simulation example
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How to find magnetic field near power busbars above steel plate?
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Engineering question
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField DC Magnetics problem for power busbars above a steel plate and evaluate magnetic field from computed field results.
substation busbars, overhead busbar systems, steel support structures
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Simulation problem
Problem Type
Plane-parallel problem of DC magnetics.
Relative permeability of air and copper busses μ = 1;
Current density in the copper busses j = 3,000,000 A/m²;
Relative permeability of steel plate μ - non-linear:
Find magnetic field distribution.
Magnetic field distribution.
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