//Exa 3.3 clc; clear; close; //Given data : t=2600;//hour Con_Cost=3;//Rs/kg(conductor cost) R=1.78*10^-8;//ohm-m D=6200;//kg/m^3 E_Cost=10/100;//Rs/unit(energy cost) i=12;//%(interest and depreciation) a=poly(0,'a');//mm^2 ////cross sectional area W=a*1000*D/1000/1000;//kg/km(Weight of conductor of 1km length) cost=Con_Cost*W;//Rs./km(cost of conductor of 1km length) In_Dep=cost*i/100;//Rs(Annual interest and depreciation per conductor per km) In_DepBYa=In_Dep/a; I=poly(0,'I');//A E_lost_aBY_Isqr=R*1000/10^-6*t/1000;//Energy lost/annum/km/conductor E_lost_cost_aBY_Isqr=E_Cost*E_lost_aBY_Isqr;//Rs/annum //In_Dep=E_lost_cost;//For most economical cross section IBYa=sqrt(coeff(numer(In_DepBYa)/numer(E_lost_cost_aBY_Isqr)));//cm^2 disp(IBYa,"Best current density in A/mm^2 : "); //Answer in the textbook is not accurate.