December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
19h 6m
English
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Characteristics of Lightning Strokes
Electric Power Systems
6.2 Lightning Generation Mechanism
First Strokes • Subsequent Strokes
6.3 Parameters of Importance for Electric Power Engineering
Ground Flash Density • Current Peak Value • Correlation between Current and Other Parameters of Lightning
6.4 Incidence of Lightning to Power Lines
6.1 Introduction
Lightning, one of the most spectacular events of Mother Nature, started to appear significantly demystified after Franklin showed its electric nature with his famous electrical kite experiment in 1752. Although a great deal of research on lightning followed Franklin’s observation, lightning continues to be a topic ...
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