Predictive dynamic model of the negative lightning discharge based on similarity with long laboratory sparks Part 1: Physical process and modeling

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1551-1561

  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

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRICAL NETWORKS; GAS DISCHARGE; MACROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; MODELING; NEGATIVE LIGHTNING; PHYSICAL LAWS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PROPAGATION; STAND-OFF;

DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING;

MODELS;

EID: 77957929527     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5595557     Document Type: Article

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