5
Structural Lightning Safety
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| 5.1 |
Background Issues |
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5.1.1
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The Physics of Structural Lightning
Safety |
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5.1.2
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Atmospheric Charge Redistribution |
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5.1.3
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Determining the Probability
of Lightning Striking a Facility Updated
5/3/04 |
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5.1.4
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Lightning
Risk and Hazard Analysis Measurement |
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5.1.5
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Zone or Fortress
Protection Concept |
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5.1.6
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Effects of Lightning
on Assets, Facilities and Structures - By GAM Odam |
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5.1.7
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21st Century
Lightning Safety For Environments Containing Sensitive Electronics,
Explosives, and Volatile Substances Updated
4/27/05 |
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5.1.8
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New International
Standard for Lightning Protection, IEC 62305 Added
4/26/05 |
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5.1.9
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The Basis of
Conventional Lightning Protection Technology - Report of the Federal
Interagency Lightning Protection User Group (1.5-MB PDF file) |
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5.1.10 |
Lightning
Safety Decision Tree for Facilities
Added 7/21/03 |
| 5.2 |
Surge Protection Issues |
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5.2.1
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Ode to the Missing Surge Protector |
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5.2.2
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Overvoltages: Cause,
Effect & Mitigation |
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5.2.3
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Guidelines for Providing
Surge Protection at Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Facilities
- By Matthew T. Glennon |
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5.2.4
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Advanced
Control of Transients - By Rajeev Thottappillil |
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5.2.5
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NLSI Recommendations
for Surge Protection Devices |
| 5.3 |
Grounding and Bonding Issues |
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5.3.1
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Recommended Grounding
Guidelines |
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5.3.2
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Definition
of Terms Used in Grounding |
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5.3.3
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An Examination of Lightning-Strike-Grounding
Physics - By C.B. Moore, G.D. Aulich and William Rison (268-KB
PDF file) |
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5.3.4 |
Relative
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Principal Types of Earth Electrodes
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| 5.4 |
Air Terminals |
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5.4.1
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Fundamentals of Lightning
Protection |
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5.4.2
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Lightning
Rods - Recent Investigations |
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5.4.3
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Scientists
Oppose Early Streamer Air Terminals - By Abdul M. Mousa |
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5.4.4
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Charge Transfer
System is Wishful Thinking, Not Science - A letter from a NLSI
contributor |
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5.4.5
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The Applicability
Of Lightning Elimination Devices To Substations And Power Lines
- By Abdul M. Mousa, Fellow, IEEE British Columbia Hydro (Word file) |
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5.4.6
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ESE Air Terminals
Ruling by US Federal District Court (76-KB PDF file) Added
1/22/04 |
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5.4.7
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There Is No Magic To Lightning
Protection: Charge Transfer Systems Do Not Prevent Lightning Strikes
- By William Rison (32-KB PDF file) |
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5.4.8
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A Critical Review
of Nonconventional Approaches to Lightning Protection - By M.A.
Uman and V.A. Rakov (768-KB PDF file) |
| 5.5 |
Site-Specific Issues |
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5.5.1
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Lightning Hazard Reduction
at Wind Farms |
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5.5.2
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GIS-Based Study of
Lightning Damages - By Lin Cao, Wei-Ning Xiang, and Joseph C.
Wilson |
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5.5.3
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Overview of Lightning
Detector Equipment Updated
4/24/05 |
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5.5.4
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Should Lightning
Rods be Installed? |
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5.5.5
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Small Shelters
and Safety from Lightning |
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5.5.6
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Lightning
Safety for Dispatch Communications Centers
Added 2/25/04
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