RE: Modeling E-Fields of Tesla Coil - Building a model

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Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net> 

Hello Dan

Comment interspersed below.

Godfrey Loudner

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Subject: 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.

    The work of Paul suggest that the voltage rise along
    the secondary is somewhere between linear and sine. This
    is far from a complete answer. But make your assumption
    and see what happens.

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.

    A charge placed on a toroid will distribute itself so that the
potential is
    the same at every point of the surface.

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 ? ? ?

    Same as for a single toroid.

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

    The electric field will be more intense at a pointed portion of
    a surface.


Any other thoughts or comments??

    The simulator might work if you can input the correct distributions,
but
    what might they be?

Thanks

Dan