Re: Streamer modeling

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry,

The function C(x) looks like a exponential function.  I wonder if you could 
plot the log of it and see if there is an exponent.

Gerry R


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I modeled the streamer out to ten feet.  The capacitance is probably a 
> little too low at the beginning because of the way the model had to work 
> with field shrouding:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Leader-model.gif
>
> But this is what I came up with:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Leader-model-1.gif
>
> The capacitance in pF is:
>
> C = 0.066666 x L        from 0 to 30 inchs
>
> C = 0.15 x L - 0.25     from 30 to ? inches
>
> One could write very complex equations, but this gets one close without a 
> lot of calculation time.
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>         Terry