Calculation of the frequency-dependent impedance of rail tracks using a four-parameter equivalent tubular conductor model

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1142-1147

  Wang, Yaw Juen ^a   Tsai, Yue Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RAILROADS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; SKIN EFFECT;

EQUIVALENT TUBULAR CONDUCTOR MODEL; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT IMPEDANCE; GEOMETRIC MEAN DISTANCE; GEOMETRIC MEAN RADIUS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 3242755067     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2004.829095     Document Type: Article

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