Responses of airport runway lighting system to direct lightning strikes: Comparisons of TLM predictions with experimental data

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 50, Issue 3 PART 2, 2008, Pages 660-668

  Theethayi, Nelson ^a   Rakov, Vladimir A ^b,c   Thottappillil, Rajeev ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c International Center for Lightning Research and Testing   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried cables; Counterpoise; Lighting system; Lightning; Transient analysis; Transmission line modeling (TLM)

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT BUILDINGS; AIRPORT RUNWAYS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LIGHTNING; SOILS; UNDERGROUND CABLES;

BURIED CABLES; COUNTERPOISE; LIGHTING SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING (TLM);

CABLES;

EID: 51049095922     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.926907     Document Type: Article

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