Title :
Striking distance of lightning to earthed structures: effect of stroke polarity
Author :
Petrov, N.I. ; Waters, R.T.
Author_Institution :
All-Russia Electrotech. Inst., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Striking distance depends on polarity. This model quantifies the smaller attraction radius and, except for very tall structures, low sensitivity to structure height for positive lightning
Keywords :
lightning; attraction radius; earthed structures; lightning striking distance; model; positive lightning; stroke polarity effect; structure height; tall structures;
Conference_Titel :
High Voltage Engineering, 1999. Eleventh International Symposium on (Conf. Publ. No. 467)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-719-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19990634
