• DocumentCode
    1428656
  • Title

    The analysis of complex grounding systems by FEM

  • Author

    Trlep, Mladen ; Hamler, Anton ; Hribernik, Bozidar

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Maribor Univ., Slovenia
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2521
  • Lastpage
    2524
  • Abstract
    This paper shows the use at the FEM in the analysis of complex grounding systems (GS) used in practice for protection of power and industrial systems. In order to get an accurate field calculation a twenty-node isoparametric quadratic 3D finite element, a three-node quadratic 1D finite element and a spatial transformation of the “semi-infinite space” into the finite space were applied. The program solution used is suitable for any GS and for anisotropic soil properties
  • Keywords
    earthing; electromagnetic fields; finite element analysis; FEM analysis; anisotropic soil properties; electromagnetic field; grounding system; industrial system; power system; protection; quadratic finite element; spatial transformation; Boundary conditions; Computer science; Conductivity; Electric potential; Electrodes; Equations; Finite element methods; Grounding; Interpolation; Soil;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.717581
  • Filename
    717581