“…[112,59] The foregoing discussions about the complex nature of the residual resistance of contaminated insulators covered with ice reveals that any analytical approach aimed at developing a formula for residual resistance seems to be extremely difficult. Nevertheless, being inspired by the power of the finite element method, one may think about calculating the electric field using a sophisticated finite element software within very complex In spite of several resistance models given for polluted surfaces by different authors as reviewed through chapter II of this dissertation [95,48,116,118,117,79], none of them is applicable to the situation of pre-contaminated Insulators covered with ice. In the case of Ice covered Insulators, Farzaneh and Zhang [29] have employed the R. Wilklns resistance model [116], assuming the conductive surface in series with the arc is composed of a very thin water film on the surface of the ice accretion.…”