1.

Inductance of Single Conductor

consider the flux linkage from conductor surface to any external distance,
i.e. r to D

2. Inductance of a two-wire line

Let the current flow in the conductors are opposite in

direction so that one becomes return path for the other.

Inductance per conductor

Inductance of both the conductors is given by the

formula

3. Inductance of symmetrical three-phase line

In symmetrical three-phase line, all the conductors are placed at the corners of the
equilateral triangle. Such an arrangement of
conductors is also referred to as equilateral
spacing. It is shown in the diagram below

The inductor of conductor, ‘a’ is

The inductance of conductors b and c will also be

the same as that of a. The inductance of the
three-phase line is equal to the two-wire line.
4. Inductance of single phase two wire line with Composite Conductor.

A single-phase line comprising composite conductors A and B with A having n parallel

filaments and B having m’ parallel filaments.

current is equally divided among the filaments of each composite conductor. Thus, each
filament of A is taken to carry a current I/n, while each filament of conductor B carries the
return current of — I/m’.

The numerator of the argument of the logarithm in the above equation is the m′nth root of the m′n terms, which
are the products of all possible mutual distances from the n filaments of conductor A to m’ filaments of
conductor B. It is called mutual geometric mean distance (mutual GMD) between conductors A and B and is
abbreviated as Dm. Similarly, the denominator of the argument of the logarithm in the above equation is the n 2th
root of n2 product terms (n sets of n product terms each). Each set of n product term pertains to a filament and
consists of r′(Dii) for that filament and (n-1) distances from that filament to every other filament in conductor A.
The denominator is defined as the self geometric mean distance (self GMD) of conductor A, and is abbreviated
as DSA. Sometimes, self amp is also called geometric mean radius (GMR).

In terms of the above symbols, we can write

The inductance of the composite conductor B is determined in a similar manner, and

the total inductance of the line is