DocumentCode
1296434
Title
Railway track transmission line parameters from finite element field modelling: series impedance
Author
Hill, R.J. ; Brillante, S. ; Leonard, P.J.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Bath Univ., UK
Volume
146
Issue
6
fYear
1999
fDate
11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
647
Lastpage
660
Abstract
An electromagnetic field model for identification of rail track equivalent multiconductor transmission line distributed self and mutual series impedances is formulated, and used to illustrate the parametric behaviour of single track impedance with reference to current, frequency, track material properties and ground conductivity. Verification is demonstrated by theoretical analysis and comparison with published experimental data. The skin effect in both rails and earth is a critical phenomenon
Keywords
electric impedance; electromagnetic field theory; finite element analysis; railways; skin effect; transmission line theory; current; distributed self impedance; earth; electromagnetic field model; finite element field modelling; frequency; ground conductivity; mutual impedance; parametric behaviour; rail track equivalent multiconductor transmission line; railway track transmission line parameters; series impedance; series impedances; single track impedance; skin effect; track material properties;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electric Power Applications, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2352
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-epa:19990649
Filename
820091
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