Method of optimizing an electrical cabling
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1. A method of optimizing cabling, which is implemented by a data processing system, the method comprising:
- defining, with the data processing system, characteristics of a line connecting a power source to a receiving charge as a function of constraints of the line that are predetermined and environmental,dividing, with the data processing system, said line into several distinct cable segments connected in series to each other via a plurality of cutouts such that each cutout separates two adjacent cable segments connected in series to each other via said cutout,selecting, with the data processing system, a gage for each individual cable segment in the line so as to optimize said cabling while taking the constraints of the line into account by determining for at least one cable segment. several gages of usable cables based on the constraints,combining said cable segments according to different combinations of said gages in order to form one line,verifying for each line whether the constraints have been satisfied for the line, andselecting gages for each cable segment of said cable segments so that the line has a lowest mass.
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Abstract
In this optimization procedure for the cabling, the characteristics of the cables used to connect a power source to a receiving charge are defined in function of the predetermined and environmental constraints. In the cases where a line realizing the link between the power source and the receiving charge is comprised of several distinct cables connected through cutouts, the section of cables is dimensioned for each cable in the line, independently of the other cables, and is then optimized while taking the overall constraints of the line into account.
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1. A method of optimizing cabling, which is implemented by a data processing system, the method comprising:
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defining, with the data processing system, characteristics of a line connecting a power source to a receiving charge as a function of constraints of the line that are predetermined and environmental, dividing, with the data processing system, said line into several distinct cable segments connected in series to each other via a plurality of cutouts such that each cutout separates two adjacent cable segments connected in series to each other via said cutout, selecting, with the data processing system, a gage for each individual cable segment in the line so as to optimize said cabling while taking the constraints of the line into account by determining for at least one cable segment. several gages of usable cables based on the constraints, combining said cable segments according to different combinations of said gages in order to form one line, verifying for each line whether the constraints have been satisfied for the line, and selecting gages for each cable segment of said cable segments so that the line has a lowest mass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device encoded with a computer executable code for implementing a method of optimizing cabling, the method comprising:
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defining characteristics of a line connecting a power source to a receiving charge as a function of constraints of the line that are predetermined and environmental; dividing said line into several distinct cable segments connected in series to each other via a plurality of cutouts such that each cutout separates two adjacent cable segments connected in series to each other via said cutout; selecting a gage for each individual cable segment in the line so as to optimize said cabling while taking the constraints of the line into account by determining for at least one cable segment, several gages of usable cables based on the constraints; combining said cable segments according to different combinations of said gages in order to form one line; verifying for each line whether the constraints have been satisfied for the line; and selecting gages for each cable segment of said cable segments so that the line has a lowest mass.
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18. A data processing system configured to optimize cabling, comprising:
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a definition unit configured to define characteristics of a line connecting a power source to a receiving charge as a function of constraints of the line that are predetermined and environmental; a dividing unit configured to divide said line into several distinct cable segments connected in series to each other via a plurality of cutouts such that each cutout separates two adjacent cable segments connected in series to each other via said cutout; and a selection unit configured to select a gage for each individual cable segment in the line so as to optimize said cabling while taking the constraints of the line into account by determining for at least one cable segment, several gages of usable cables based on the constraints, to combine said cable segments according to different combinations of said gages in order to form one line, to verify for each line whether the constraints have been satisfied for the line, and to select gages for each cable segment of said cable segments so that the line has a lowest mass.
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