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Modeling E-Fields of Tesla Coil - Building a model



Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com> 

I have ANSOFT's Maxwell 2D and 3D program which can do both magnetostatic
and electrostatic modeling.
Just had a few questions for how to properly model a tesla coil.

SECONDARY COIL
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Can I make the assumption that voltage is evenly distributed down the
secondary coil from the potential seen on the top load
to the ground plane (0V)?  If so, I would probably split the secondary into
a number of smaller disks and assign a potential for
each disk.

FOR SINGLE TOROID
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For a single toroid, i assume the entire toroid should be set at a single
voltage.

FOR DOUBLE STACK TOROIDS
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How do you treat the potential across say two stacked toroids.  Do you
assume each toroid has equal potential ? ? ?

BREAK-OUT POINTS
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Should be easy enough by merely putting a small dib on the toroid.


Any other thoughts or comments??
Thanks

Dan