Fractal simulation of soil breakdown under lightning current

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 197-207

  Gao, Yanqing ^a   He, Jinliang ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Zeng, Rong ^a   Liang, Xidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Branch; Breakdown; Discharge; Fractal; Grounding electrode; Lightning current; Pattern; Simulation; Soil

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

FRACTAL THEORY; LIGHTNING CURRENT; PROPAGATION PROCESSES;

ELECTROSTATICS;

MODEL;

EID: 2442693109     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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