Re: E-Tesla = Medhurst

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>]

Hi Bob,

At 04:49 PM 6/12/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Terry,
>
>I thought i would try to get a few points from your programe for the ends of
>Medhursts's table.  But the programe you gave the link to does not work on
>my PC.  After inputting the data it asks if the data is correct if I reply
>yes or no it contiuously ouputs an error message???

The "C" version needs a "1" or "0".  I had trouble with the alphanumeric
input stuff and had to "punt"  0:-)  If you input a letter it goes nuts.
Simply input the number "1".

The BASIC version is "y" or "n".

>
>In the file I sent you  will note, if you have not already done so,
>that there is a minimum in med C.
>I was trying to check if E-tesla reproduced that minimum.  I don't
>understand why If med C is just referred intrinsic C linear wieghted.  Why
>would the intrinsic C go down then up as you increase the hieght? I find it
>hard to accept that when you increase one dimension of something its C goes
>down?? If this is true then reffering process is more complicated than I
>have deduced.

Medhurst bends around and starts to go back up at low H/D ratios but I
didn't run E-Tesla down there.  I will do so...

Cheers,

	Terry


>
>regards bob
>
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>Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 2:10 AM
>Subject: Re: E-Tesla = Medhurst
>
>
>>Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>>
>>Hi Bob,
>>
>>At 01:40 PM 6/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Hi Terry.
>>>
>>>After a little more thought or was it a lot more thought.
>>>
>>>For a large parallel C the voltage a long the coil  approaches a linear
>>>function regardless of what the distribution is with out parallel C.  ie
>the
>>>current flowing in the distibuted intrinsic C hardly effects the voltage
>>>across the coil because the coil current is much higher than the intrinsic
>C
>>>current.
>>>
>>>Hence the additional current flowing in to the distributed intrinsic C is
>>>only a function of the voltage and C.  This is even true for low H/D
>(<0.25)
>>>with almost unity coupling (auto transformer action).
>>>
>>>Under such condition the distibuted intrinsic C can be refereed to one end
>>>by simple summing the  currents.  Because the currents are proportional to
>>>the voltage a voltage weighted intrinsic C is equal to a single C you must
>>>put in parallel with the coil to have the same total current flow that the
>>>distibuted intrinsic C had.
>>>
>>>Hence if you run E-Tesla with a linear voltage and on an isolated coil it
>>>will produce med C. This is a theoretically valid comparison and should
>>>correlate to approximately. 1% in C not F. A good test of the theory and
>>>model.
>>
>>Ok.  I stripped out E-Tesla5.50 to put a linear voltage on the secondary
>>and stick it in free space and all that.  The program is at:
>> http://users.better-dot-org/tfritz/site/programs/ETMED.ZIP
>>
>>I then ran the program with a 200 grid on 10 inch diameter coil of various
>>lengths.  I then compared the results to Medhurst.
>>
>>H/D Cmed C ET5 calc Error %
>>10.0 1.32 1.2056 -8.66
>>9.0 1.22 1.1238 -7.89
>>8.0 1.12 1.0482 -6.41
>>7.0 1.01 0.96745 -4.21
>>6.0 0.92 0.88716 -3.57
>>5.0 0.81 0.80313 -0.85
>>4.5 0.77 0.75848 -1.50
>>4.0 0.72 0.71428 -0.79
>>3.5 0.67 0.66897 -0.15
>>3.0 0.61 0.62244 2.04
>>2.5 0.56 0.57424 2.54
>>2.0 0.5 0.52573 5.15
>>1.5 0.47 0.4758 1.23
>>1.0 0.46 0.42783 -6.99
>>
>>The graph is at:
>> http://users.better-dot-org/tfritz/MedComp.gif
>>
>>Note that both graphs have a bend at 5.0!?!  Must be something magical
>>happening at that point.  Below 5.0 Medhurst tracks very well until the
>>coils get really small.  I wonder if the error is him or us? :-)  ET5 looks
>>like two straight lines while the Medhurst graph is showing obvious signs
>>of a little experimental error.  The program did about 300 billion more
>>calculations than Medhurst did so it should be straight! :-))  I wonder if
>>I dare say that the computed numbers "may" be more accurate than Medhurst's
>>in the 2.5 to 5.0 range?
>>
>>Looks like Bob is again right!!
>>
>>>
>>>If you run it with a ground plain it will produce med C with a ground
>plain.
>>>But as Medhurst did not produce such a table you can not make any valid
>>>comparison.  The true C / TM equation is again theoretically valid for an
>>>isolated coil.
>>>
>>>When I say valid for..... I dont mean its not valid for other conditions
>it
>>>means only that I can only prove its valid for that condition/s.
>>>
>>>So E-Tesla can be said to be theoretically accurate for coils with
>>>approximately 1000 turns (low turn to turn C effects), for large top loads
>>>and with a ground plain sufficiently below the coil (at least several
>>>diameters)  that the inductance is valid.
>>>
>>>Note E-Tesla must include some  internal C (turn to turn C)  effects
>because
>>>the C is determined with a voltage profile as opposed to a unity profile
>>>(the correct way to calculate intrinsic C) then weighting the result with
>>>the voltage profile.   However as the  internal C has mostly internal
>>>current I don't know if it can be refereed to the one end and I don't if
>how
>>>you treat the internal coupled flux is valid or  correctly produces  a
>>>reffered C to one end.  That will require more thought but as I believe
>its
>>>a small effect I am not motivated to try. If you try it both ways and the
>>>answer (refereed C or med C) is significantly different then I will be
>>>motivated to try.
>>>
>>>Now what about the self resonant case.  When the only current flowing in
>the
>>>coil is due to the distributed intrinsic C both the voltage and current
>are
>>>not linear so the above method of referring the intrinsic C to one end is
>>>not valid.  A 5% to 10% error in F is  10% to 20% error in C or L.
>>
>>I am working on such things to further increase accuracy...
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Regards Bob
>>>
>>>You can put this on the list if you think anybody else is interested
>>>
>>
>>
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