Revision, extension, and validation of Jordan's formula to calculate the surge impedance of vertical conductors

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 530-536

  De Conti, Alberto ^b   Visacro, Silvério ^a,b   Soares Jr , Amilton ^a,b   Schroeder, Marco Aurélio O ^c  

^a IEEE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic transient analysis; Lightning; Numerical analysis; Power transmission lines

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE CONDUCTORS; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LINES; LIGHTNING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 33947170948     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2006.879345     Document Type: Article

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