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Preface | p. xi |
What is lightning? | p. 1 |
Types of lightning | p. 1 |
Statistics on lightning occurrence | p. 5 |
Cloud-to-ground lightning | p. 8 |
General principles of protection | p. 16 |
Estimation of strike probability for small structures | p. 20 |
When is lightning protection needed and/or desirable? | p. 21 |
References | p. 23 |
Lightning damage | p. 25 |
Overview: the cost of various types of lightning damage | p. 25 |
Conductors and insulators | p. 28 |
Lightning characteristics pertinent to damage | p. 28 |
References | p. 41 |
General methods for lightning protection: Faraday cages, topological shields; and more practical approaches: cone of protection and rolling sphere methods | p. 43 |
Is there perfect protection? | p. 43 |
Practical protection: types of protection | p. 45 |
The striking distance | p. 50 |
Cone of protection and rolling sphere methods | p. 57 |
References | p. 62 |
Structure protection: air terminals and down conductors | p. 65 |
Overview | p. 65 |
Air terminals | p. 67 |
Early streamer emission rods | p. 76 |
Down conductors | p. 78 |
Very long down conductors | p. 82 |
References | p. 83 |
Structure protection: grounding | p. 85 |
Overview | p. 85 |
Soil properties | p. 88 |
Resistance of various grounding electrodes | p. 89 |
Non-resistive and non-linear grounding electrodes | p. 95 |
References | p. 98 |
Surge protection for electronics in low-voltage electrical systems | p. 99 |
Overview | p. 99 |
Amplitudes and waveshapes of lightning transients | p. 100 |
Crowbar devices | p. 103 |
Voltage clamping devices | p. 104 |
Filters and isolation devices | p. 106 |
Hybrid circuits: multiple-stage protection | p. 108 |
References | p. 109 |
Humans and animals | p. 111 |
Personal safety | p. 111 |
Statistics | p. 112 |
Medical issues | p. 117 |
Electrical effects | p. 125 |
References | p. 131 |
Lightning warning | p. 134 |
Overview | p. 134 |
RF location techniques | p. 139 |
Detection from satellites | p. 147 |
References | p. 149 |
Airships, airplanes, and launch vehicles | p. 152 |
Overview | p. 152 |
Statistics | p. 157 |
Accidents | p. 161 |
Lightning test standards | p. 171 |
References | p. 173 |
Ships and boats | p. 175 |
History | p. 175 |
Protective techniques | p. 179 |
Statistics | p. 183 |
References | p. 185 |
Trees | p. 186 |
General | p. 186 |
Protective techniques | p. 187 |
Types of damage | p. 187 |
The value of lightning to trees | p. 196 |
References | p. 197 |
Overhead and underground power and communication lines | p. 199 |
Overview | p. 199 |
Overhead power lines | p. 200 |
Underground cables | p. 211 |
Communication lines | p. 215 |
References | p. 218 |
Lightning elimination | p. 220 |
Modifying the cloud electrification process | p. 220 |
Artificial initiation of lightning | p. 221 |
Can thunderstorms be steadily discharged? | p. 225 |
Can lightning be inhibited? | p. 228 |
References | p. 230 |
So, what do we know and what don't we know about lightning protection? | p. 232 |
Does it work? | p. 232 |
How well does it work? | p. 233 |
References | p. 235 |
Index | p. 236 |
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