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Evaluating lightning hazards to building environments using explicit numerical solutions of maxwell's equations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McKenna, Paul M. Collier, Richard S. Perala, Rodney A. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | The objective here is to describe the lightning hazards to buildings and their internal environments using advanced formulations of Maxwell's Equations. The method described is the Three Dimensional Finite Difference Time Domain Solution. It can be used to solve for the lightning interaction with such structures in three dimensions with the inclusion of a considerable amount of detail. Special techniques were developed for including wire, plumbing, and rebar into the model. Some buildings have provisions for lightning protection in the form of air terminals connected to a ground counterpoise system. It is shown that fields and currents within these structures can be significantly high during a lightning strike. Time lapse video presentations were made showing the electric and magnetic field distributions on selected cross sections of the buildings during a simulated lightning strike. |
| File Size | 817587 |
| Page Count | 10 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910023419 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4bp50995 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Evaluation Pipelines Buildings Lightning Finite Difference Theory Hazards Magnetic Fields Wire Protection Maxwell Equation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |