TY - JFULL AU - Jiří Primas and Michal Malík and Darina Jašíková and Václav Kopecký PY - 2010/10/ TI - Force on a High Voltage Capacitor with Asymmetrical Electrodes T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 831 EP - 836 VL - 4 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/14284 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 45, 2010 N2 - When a high DC voltage is applied to a capacitor with strongly asymmetrical electrodes, it generates a mechanical force that affects the whole capacitor. This phenomenon is most likely to be caused by the motion of ions generated around the smaller of the two electrodes and their subsequent interaction with the surrounding medium. A method to measure this force has been devised and used. A formula describing the force has also been derived. After comparing the data gained through experiments with those acquired using the theoretical formula, a difference was found above a certain value of current. This paper also gives reasons for this difference. ER -