| Abstract: | Summary Structures of two or more conducting loops which are at evenly incremented voltages have been used to create electrostatic fields for experimental studies in atmospheric cloud particle interactions. Methods are described which may be used to calculate the uniformity of these fields over a given volume within the structure. The methods of calculation are described for two different cases: (1) A method using elliptic integrals is used for a finite set of round loops of circular cross section, and (2) a solution of Laplace's equation with approximate boundary conditions is used for an infinite set of square loops of elliptical cross section. The effects of changing the number of conductors, their spacing, size and shape are considered.National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado, 80302 (The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation). |
