Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection
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Book Description
In Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection the
authors provide a comprehensive and up-to-date
review of lightning, including its hazards and
protection techniques. The book considers:
The mechanisms of lightning discharge
processes: the initiation of a leader, return stroke
and subsequent components, using experimental
data and theory.
The effects of large aircraft, high-voltage lines
and other high-altitude constructions on lightning
trajectory and leader attraction.
The action of lightning's electrical and magnetic
fields and the lightning current on industrial
premises, power transmission lines, underground
communications, aircraft and their electrical
circuits and the induction of a dangerous
overvoltage.
Effectiveness of conventional protective
measures, and gives technical advice and
practical recommendations.
The prospects for the preventive control of a
lightning leader.
The reader will not find here all numerous
observations on lightning, but measurements
useful for the understanding of lightning and its
effects are selected and critically discussed. The
clear, straightforward and systematic
presentation of complicated material, a deep
insight into the physics of lightning, a wide use of
simple analytical estimats as well as a detailed
illustration of effects by computer simulation
create a book that will be of use to a wide circle
of professional and advanced students of
physics, geophysics, electro-, power-, radio-,
aircraft- and spacecraft engineers, who
investigate lightning phenomena and have to
solve practical protection problems. It will help a
specialist involved in new technology to foresee
possible hazardous effects, providing them with
the information necessary to control the
destructive action of lightning.
Book Info
A text providing a comprehensive and current review of the physics of lightning, including its mechanisms, and hazard and protection techniques. Reviews lightning mechanisms, the effects of high terrestrial structures, high-voltage lines and aircraft, and the prospects for preventative control of a lightning leader, among other topics.
Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection,Eduard M. Bazelyan,Yuri P. Raizer,Taylor & Francis,0750304774,Atmospheric Electricity,Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology,Engineering - Electrical & Electronic,Lightning,Lightning protection,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism,Geophysics,Science / Physics
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