//Example 5// Ch 5 clc; clear; close; // given data d=0.001; a = 0.1*10^-2;//radii of concentric circle in meters b = 2.1*10^-2;//radii of concentric circle in meters p = 101.3;//gas pressure in kPa p1=3*p; p2=5*p; C = -2400.4;//constant value A = 0.027;//constant value As = 10^8;//avalanche size ri = 0.0772;//in m V0 = [log(10^8)-{(C*p)*(ri-a)}]*(b-a)/[A*{(1/a)-(1/ri)}]; printf("corona onset voltage is %f kV \n",V0) V0pos = 13.1;//in kV V0neg = 13.7;//in kV printf("positive corona onset voltage %f kV \n",V0pos) printf("negative corona onset voltage %f kV \n",V0neg) //acc. to eq N2>=N1 and Neph>=1 with increase of gas pressure improves the dielectric strength of the gas since breakdown voltage increses with gas pressure