Physical model of surge-current characteristics of buried vertical rods in the presence of soil ionisation

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 60, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Cooray, V ^a   Zitnik, M ^a   Manyahi, M ^a   Montano, R ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Liu, Y ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grounding; Lightning; Soil ionisation; Surge impedance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION; GROUNDING ELECTRODES; IONIZATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SOILS;

DISCHARGED CHANNELS; IONIZED AIR; VERTICAL RODS;

SURGE PROTECTION;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 2142751103     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2004.01.017     Document Type: Article

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