// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART II : TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION // CHAPTER 7: UNDERGROUND CABLES // EXAMPLE : 7.1 : // Page number 211 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data d = 2.5 // Core diameter(cm) t = 1.25 // Insulation thickness(cm) rho = 4.5*10**14 // Resistivity of insulation(ohm-cm) l = 10.0**5 // Length(cm) // Calculations D = d+2*t // Overall diameter(cm) R_i = rho/(2*%pi*l)*log(D/d) // Insulation resistance(ohm) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 7.1 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nInsulation resistance per km, R_i = %.2e ohm\n", R_i) printf("\nNOTE: ERROR: Mistake in final answer in textbook")