A NEW METHOD FOR SOLVING IONIZED FIELDS OF UNIPOLAR HVDC LINES INCLUDING EFFECT OF WIND. PART I: FEM FORMULATION.

In this paper, a finite element method for solving ionized fields is developed based on a novel solution philosophy. Employing the Galerkin finite element method, the solution problem of an ionized field has been formulated as an optimization problem, i.e. as a problem of minimizing an objective function whose minimum gives the solution. The effect of wind is taken into account by introducing a scalar potential of its velocity. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]