Potential Induced by a Point Source of Current inside an Infinite Cylindrical Cell,

Abstract

The potential is determined everywhere inside an infinitely long cylindrical cell, for a point source of current at an arbitrary location in the cell interior. The mathematical techniques used are applicable to a wide variety of physical problems with mixed boundary conditions in cylindrical geometry in which a small parameter appears in the boundary condition. The model for the cell consists of a cylinder of radius a, with an interior of conductivity (sigma sub i), surrounded by a thin membrane of conductivity (sigma sub m) and thickness delta. The cell is bathed in a highly conducting external medium which maintains the outer membrane surface at zero potential. The potential in terms of the small parameter epsilon = (sigma sub m)a/(sigma sub i) delta. One (inner or near-field) expansion is valid in a region including the point source, and a second (outer or far-field) expansion is valid in a region away from the source. (Author Modified Abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756666

Entities

People

  • A. Peskoff
  • J. D. Cole
  • R. S. Eisenberg

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Conductivity
  • Far Field
  • Geometry
  • Mathematics
  • Membranes
  • Near Field
  • Physical Properties
  • Sizes (Dimensions)
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics