Calculating inductance, capacitance, and resistance of 3D objects

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Calculating inductance, capacitance, and resistance of 3D objects
From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:46:02 -0700
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

I've just run across some interesting free software from MIT which
calculates the capacitance, inductance, and resistance of arbitrary
objects by numerical methods. I haven't had a chance to work with it
yet, but, it might prove useful to some for calculating Cself and Ctop
for all those weird toroid shapes, etc... It's at:

ftp://rle-vlsi.mit.edu/pub/


On a related note, has anyone done any modelling of TC's and their
environment using a tool like NEC? NEC supports helices, and does
calculate the turn to turn interactions, etc.  



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