Modeling of grounding electrodes under lightning currents

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 51, Issue 3 PART 1, 2009, Pages 559-571

  Grcev, Leonid ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Frequency response; Grounding; Lightning; Modeling; Transient response

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRIC SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GROUNDING; HIGH FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIGHTNING CURRENTS; MODELING; MODELING APPROACH; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PRECISE MODELING; SOIL IONIZATION; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRANSIENT RESPONSE; TRANSMISSION LINE; WORKING GROUPS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CIRCUIT THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; SOILS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

GROUNDING ELECTRODES;

EID: 69649089495     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2009.2025771     Document Type: Article

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