ELECTRO DYNAMIC
FORCES ON
BUSBARS IN LV
SYSTEMS
In distribution boards copper busbars and busbar supports are used. These two forms a
complete busbar system is categorized as below:
The distance between supports must be calculated according to the short circuit (kA) value,
during the busbar design.
b h
d12 a d1 1
d13 dph
b=h
k1 = f (h, 1, dph)
from Dwight table
k2 = f (a, b, d1)
F2 / = i F21,i / i = 1, 2, 3,....n
1
F21,i / = 2.10 -7 k21,i (2,2 Isc/n)2
d1
d12 b d13 b
Example; k21,2 = ( , ) k21,3 = ( , )
a a a a
3) CALCULATION OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SUPPORTS
ba2
0 = Z = n0
6
m Rm.Sm
d12 = d2 =
c (F1/)
1.4
a
1.3
b b
0.01....0.2
a
1.2
b
1.1
0.5 a
b
1
1
0.9
2
0.8
5
10
0.7
15
20
30
0.6
40
50
60
80
0
10
0.5
0.4
0.3
b
0.2
2 3 4 5 6 8 10 20 40 60 80 100 200 300 a
izelgeDrawing 2 - Dwight
2 - k sabitinin coefficients
b/a ve d/a deerlerineTable
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( Dwight izelgesi )