Identification of lightning vulnerability points on complex grounded structures

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 562-570

  Becerra, M ^a   Cooray, V ^a   Hartono, Z A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Lightning Research Pte Ltd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air terminals; External lighting protection systems; Lightning; Lightning protection; Lightning strike points

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; FLASHOVER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIGHTNING STRIKE POINTS; RETURN STROKE CURRENTS;

LIGHTNING PROTECTION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; FLASHOVER; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34248595111     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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