Currents in buried grounding strips connected to communication tower legs during lightning strikes

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1153-1161

  Theethayi, Nelson ^a   Thottappillil, Rajeev ^a   Diendorfer, Gerhard ^b   Mair, Martin ^c   Pichler, Hannes ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Austrian Electrotechnical Association OVE   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Admittance; Counterpoise; Impedance; Lightning; Transmission line theory

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC LINES; LIGHTNING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ADMITTANCE; AUSTRIA; COUNTERPOISE; GROUND RODS; GROUNDING GRIDS; GROUNDING SYSTEMS; IMPEDANCE; LIGHTNING STRIKES; LOSSY TRANSMISSION LINES; MEASURED CURRENTS; STROKE CURRENTS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

TOWERS;

EID: 49449086899     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2008.4591238     Document Type: Article

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