Predictive dynamic model of the negative lightning discharge based on similarity with long laboratory sparks - Part 2: Validation

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1562-1568

  Beroual, A ^a   Rakotonandrasana, J H ^a   Fofana, I ^b  

^a Univ Claude Bernard Lyon1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

modeling; Negative lightning discharge; propagation; simulation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; ELECTRICAL CHARGES; MACROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; MODELING; NEGATIVE LIGHTNING; PROPAGATION; RETURN STROKE CURRENT; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 77957911917     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5595558     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. M. A. Uman, The Lightning Discharge, International Geophysics Series, Edited by William L. Donn, Vol. 39, Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA, 1987.
2. E. M. Bazelyan and Y. P. Raizer, "Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection", Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), Bristol, UK, and Philadelphia, USA, 2000.
3. P. Johannet, "Modélisation opérationnelle du canal de foudre", bulletin de la Direction des Études et Recherches d'Électricité De France, serie B, No. 2, pp. 59-72, 1987.
4. rd Intern. Conf. Lightning Protection, Firenze, Italy, pp. 429-33, 1996.
5. th Int. Symp on High Voltage Engineering, Graz, Austria, paper 2141, 1995.
6. rd Intern. Conf. Lightning Protection, Firenze, Italy, pp. 393-398, 1996.
7. A. Béroual, J. H. Rakotonandrasana and I. Fofana, "Predictive dynamic model of the negative lightning discharge based on the similarity with long laboratory sparks - Part 1: Physical process and modelling", IEEE Trans. Dielectr. Electr. Insul., Vol. 17, No. 4, pp., 2010 (this issue).
8. C. Gary, A. Cimador, R. Fieux, "La foudre: étude du phénomène - application à la protection des lignes de transport", Revue Générale d'Électricité (RGE), Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 24-35, 1975.
9. C. N. Richards and G. A. Dawson, "The hydrodynamic instability of water drops falling at terminal velocity in vertical electric fiels", J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 76, pp. 3445-3455, 1971.
10. P. Ortéga, "Comportement diélectrique des grands intervalles d'air soumis à des ondes de tension de polarité positive ou négative", Thèse de doctorat, Université de Pau, 1992.
11. J. Papet-Lépine, La modélisation de la foudre, Ed. Lavoisier, 2005.
12. J-H. Rakotonandrasana, A. Beroual and I. Fofana, "Modelling of the negative discharge in long air gaps under impulse voltage", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Vol. 41, 105210 (15pp), 2008. (Pubitemid 351632079)
13. C. Gary, G. Le Roy, B. Hutzler, J. Lalot and C. Dubanton, "Les propriétés diélectriques de l'air et les très hautes tensions", Collection de la Direction des Études et Recherches d'Électricité De France, No. 51, Eyrolles, 1984.
14. M. Rubinstein, F. Rachidi, M. A. Uman, R. Thottapillil, V. A. Rakov and A. Nucci, "Characterization of vertical electric fields 500 m and 30 m from triggered lightning", J. Geophys. Res., 100, No. D5, pp. 8863-72, 1995. (Pubitemid 26437956)
15. E. M. Thomson, M. A. Uman and W. H. Beasley, "Speed and current for lightning stepped leader near ground as determined from electric field records", J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 90, pp. 8136-8142, 1985.
16. B. F. J. Schonland, "The lightning discharge", Handbook Phys., Vol. 22, pp. 576-628, 1956.
17. R. E. Orville and V. P. Idone, "Lightning Leader Characteristics in the Thunderstorm Research International Program (TRIP) ", J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 87, No. C13, 177-11, 192, 1982.
18. K. Berger, "Novel observations of lightning discharges: Results of research on Mount San Salvatore", J. Franklin Inst., 283, 478-525, 1967.
19. R. E. Lopez, M. W. Maier and R. L. Holle, "Comparison of the signal strength of positive and negative ckoud-to-ground lightning flashes in Northeaster Colorado", J. Geophysical Research, Vol. 96, No. D12, pp. 22.308-22.318, 1991.
20. E. M. Bazelyan, Y. P. Raizer and N. L. Aleksandrov, "The effect of reduced air density on streamer-to-leader transition and on properties of long positive leader", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., Vol. 40, 4133-4144, 2007.
21. P. Lalande, "Etude des conditions de foudroiement d'une structure au sol", Ph. D. Thesis, Université Paris XI, Orsay, Paris, France, 1996.