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Lightning Electromagnetics

By Vernon Cooray

Book information

Publisher
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Year
2012
ISBN
1849192154, 9781849192156
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
28 MB (29039509 bytes)
Series
IET Power and Energy Series 62
Pages
xxiv+950\976
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2013-05-12 11:07:02
Физика;Физика плазмы

Description

Provides the theory, mathematics and computational tools to model each and every one of the processes associated with lightning discharges-Directly aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate physics and engineering students Contents: Basic electromagnetic theory. Measurements of electromagnetic fields from lightning. Modelling charge generation in thunderclouds. How to simulate the electron runaway processes associated with thundercloud electric fields. Modelling initiation of lightning flashes. Modelling the stepped leaders to evaluate their electromagnetic fields. The full theory and simulation procedures to model the generation of corona from ground. The four ways of modelling the lightning return stroke. The theory and calculation procedures to evaluate the internal electric fields of leaders and return strokes. The effect of lightning on tall telecommunication towers. The propagation of lightning electromagnetic fields over grounds of different conductivities and geometries. The propagation of the electromagnetic fields around the globe. The study of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with the upper atmosphere. Generation of NOx from lightning flashes. How to calculate induced voltages in power lines.

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