Re: Tesla simulators (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Tesla simulators (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:23:25 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 00:06:03 -0800
From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Tesla simulators (fwd)

David Huffman wrote:

> Here is the URL for an article for spark gap modeling.
> http://www.intusoft-dot-com/Newsletters.htm
> Get Sept. 1997 NL50.PDF. It is fairly large so here is just the model. I
> have been planning to try it but haven't yet. Good luck.

That model appears to lack "thermal memory". The gap opens immediately
after the current through it falls to a certain minimum value. A simulation
of a Tesla coil with it will show the gap opening as soon as the current
through it crosses zero for the first time, what is not realistic.

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Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
mailto:acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br
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