A comprehensive approach to the grounding response to lightning currents

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 381-386

  Visacro, Silvério ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Grounding; Lightning currents; Transient grounding behavior

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; GROUNDING ELECTRODES;

GROUNDING RESPONSE; LIGHTNING CURRENTS; TRANSIENT GROUNDING BEHAVIOR;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34147131241     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2006.876707     Document Type: Article

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