//Book Name:Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering //Author:Rajendra Prasad //Publisher: PHI Learning Private Limited //Edition:Third ,2014 //Ex4_22.sce. clc; clear; V=2.5; //potential difference of the plates in kv x=0.25; //distance between two parallel plates in cm x1=0.02; //airgap in between the parallel plates in cm x2=0.23; //thickness of fibre sheet in the gap in cm epsilon_r=5; //As the eletric displacement is perpendicular to the boundary //D=D1=D2; , D1=epsilon_not*E1; , D2=epsilon_not*epsilon_r*E2; //from this E1=5*E2; //V=V1+V2; V1=x1*E1; V2=x2*E2; //from this we can find the equation of E2 E2=V/((x1*epsilon_r)+(x2)); E1=5*E2; printf("\n Electric field strength in air , E1=%2.2f kV/cm \n",E1) printf("\n Electric field strength in the fibre , E2=%1.3f kV/cm \n",E2) E=30; //Dielectric strength of air in kV/cm if (E1>E) printf("\n The air will break.") else printf("\n The air will not break.") end