A finite-difference time-domain approach for the evaluation of electromagnetic fields radiated by lightning strikes to tall structures

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 66, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 504-513

  Mimouni, Abdenbi ^a,b   Rachidi, Farhad ^a   Azzouz, Zin eddine ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; FDTD; Lightning; Strike object; Tall tower

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TOWERS;

AZIMUTHAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN TECHNIQUE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE OBJECT; TALL TOWERS; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 51349130011     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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