Theoretical analysis of the processes involved in lightning attachment to earthed structures

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1788-1795

  Petrov, N I ^a   D'Alessandro, F ^b  

^a ALL RUSSIAN ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ERICO Lightning Technologies   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

EARTHED STRUCTURES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0037151215     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/35/14/321     Document Type: Article

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