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1-Dimensional Model for Nonlinear StressControl in Cable Terminations N a recent paper [l], a problem of considerable engineering interest I concerning the evaluation of the voltage profile in a cable termination equipped with stress grading materials has been discussed. In the paper, the potential distribution inside the termination is evaluated both for linear and nonlinear materials by adopting the well-known RC transmission line model.Although both the problem and the model adopted are not new (see for example the bibliography in [l]), the paper introduces and discusses two novel aspects, of theoretical and practical interest for the electrical engineer involved in the design of cable terminations, which are worth considering.The first one is the use of a characteristic parameter, called 'penetration length, in order to describe quantitatively the ability of the stress grading material to reduce the field strength at the shield cut. The second novelty is the supposed possibility to analyze the general nonlinear resistive-capacitive field control problem: both a nonlinear resistivity and permittivity (of the power-law type) are allowed in the mathematical model describing the voltage distribution along the termination. It is interesting to note that some of the results presented in [l] are derived by using those obtained by the same authors in a previous work concerning the magnetic field dynamics in high temperature superconductors.The efforts made by the authors of [l] to provide simple relations for the evaluation of the voltage distribution and the effectiveness of the field control are noteworthy. However, the results they obtain are of limited interest, due to a rather relevant conceptual oversight in the general theoretical model and some rather meaningless approximations in the analysis of particular cases.