Modelowanie wybranych zagadnień mechanicznych w izolatorach

Numerous dedicated computer programs are of much help at insulator designing process. Making a digital model of an insulator and then performing computer simulation for the phenomena occurring both inside and outside of it, becomes nowadays (in the era of rapid development of informatics) a vital source of information on the insulator behavior at established (both given and analyzed) operational conditions. Such a process appears to be necessary at the stage of insulator design process. The computer simulation results can verify the data obtained during actual insulator operation or laboratory tests, which make it possible to do suitable adjustments still at the design stage in order to include some innovative solutions, operational features improvements as well as to get some economical advantages resulting from them. Selected problems associated with mechanical phenomena occurring at insulator operation, have been addressed in this paper. The calculations have been made with MSC/PATRAN v.8.5 used mainly for mechanical purposes.