Re: Output

["boris petkovic" <petkovic7-at-yahoo-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> 
> 
snip>
 
> Probably the best way
> to guess at the voltage is to look at the radius of
> curvature of the top
> load, which will provide an upper bound for the
> voltage.
----
Hi Jim,
This is only partially true.
TCs are something special as concerns this matter
becouse voltage can rise during the spark formation  
and even  reach higher values than those just
suggested by radii of curvature of top electrode.
A rate of its rise is slower than in unloaded spark
condition ,but possible if the energy of bang is
sufficient to mantain this however.    
Another thing is the Efield at the suface of electrode
during the sparking.IMO its max.  sticks more closely
to  ~30kv/cm ,althought some recent single pulse  tc
tests brought that in question too .
Check out list archives ,subject "Corona and sphere"
discussed year ago.
Many questions dealing the problem remain open up-to
date .
Corresponding msms are needed for a further researh on
this. 

Regards,
Boris 
-----   
 

 For a perfect
> sphere in infinite space, 1 meter radius = 3
> Megavolts.  


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