Probability of lightning strikes to air-terminations of structures using the electro-geometrical model theory and the statistics of lightning current parameters

Planning the air-terminations for a structure to be protected the use of the rolling-sphere method (electro-geometrical model) is the best way from the physics of lightning point-of-view. Therefore, international standards prefer this method. However, using the rolling-sphere method only results in...

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Published in2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Kern, Alexander, Schelthoff, Christof, Mathieu, Moritz
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Cagliari 01.09.2010
Subjects
Atmospheric modeling
Lightning protection
Planning
Probability distribution
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Summary:Planning the air-terminations for a structure to be protected the use of the rolling-sphere method (electro-geometrical model) is the best way from the physics of lightning point-of-view. Therefore, international standards prefer this method. However, using the rolling-sphere method only results in possible point-of-strikes on a structure without giving information about the probability of strikes at the individual points compared to others.
DOI:10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845757