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Abstract

A hybrid method of boundary element method (BEM) combined with conformal transformation (CT) is presented to calculate the capacitance of the unscreened slab lines. Conformal transformation transforms the infinite boundary boundary-value problem with the unscreened slab line into a finite boundary one that can be solved by the BEM, then the capacitance of the unscreened slab line is obtained by the BEM. Three representative computational examples, unscreened cylindrical single-bar slab line, unscreened rectangular single-bar slab line and unscreened cylindrical-bar coupled slab line, are given to validate the accuracy and efficiency of the CT-BEM hybrid method.

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