Re: Reflections in Power Transfer

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Subject: Re: Reflections in Power Transfer
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 01:17:58 -0500
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Subject:      Re: Reflections in Power Transfer
       Date:  Thu, 22 May 1997 23:35:49 -0700
       From:  Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
Organization: Stoneridge Engineering
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subject:     Re: Reflections in Power Transfer
>       Date:  Mon, 19 May 1997 20:05:57 -0800
>       From:  Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>         To:  Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> References:  1
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> Bert Hickman wrote:
> 
> > Some indirect support for this speculation comes from some of the
> > laboratory work done by Allibone and Schonland, extended by Meek,
> > looking a long spark propagation using streak cameras. Meek, for example
> > describes the growth of stepped leaders during studies of a 100 cm gap,
> > a 100 pF capacitor also connected across the gap, and a series resistor
> > going to this setup from an impulse generator (p 187-189, "Electrical
> > Breakdown of Gases", J. M. Meek a,d J. D. Craggs, Oxford University
> > Press, 1953).
> 
> Did they study how the stepped leaders propagated vs capacitance?
> 
> -GL

Greg,

Unfortunately, the particular study referenced above only used a fixed
amount of capacitance and varied the series resistance. Still "digging"
through some of the other referenced materials and will get back to you
if I find some more relavent info...

-- Bert --