// 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 : 7.2 : // Page number 211 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data R = 495.0*10**6 // Insulation resistance(ohm/km) d = 3.0 // Core diameter(cm) rho = 4.5*10**14 // Resistivity of insulation(ohm-cm) // Calculations l = 1000.0 // Length of cable(m) r_2 = d/2.0 // Core radius(cm) Rho = rho/100.0 // Resistivity of insulation(ohm-m) r1_r2 = exp((2*%pi*l*R)/Rho) // r1/r2 r_1 = 2*r_2 // Cable radius(cm) thick = r_1-r_2 // Insulation thickness(cm) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 7.2 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nInsulation thickness = %.1f cm", thick)