Lightning Protection Systems
Udaya Kumar
Chapter Outline
Charge Structure of a Thundercloud
Electrical Discharges above Thundercloud
Events in a Cloud-to-Ground Lightning
Lightning Protection System – Components of External Protection System
Lightning Protection System – Internal Protection
Lightning Launch Commit Criteria
Introduction to Lightning
Lightning is a spectacular transient high current electric discharge in the atmosphere. It is estimated that over the whole globe on average 50–100 lightning events occur per second. For all ...
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