عنوان

The lightning flash /

(Number (ISBN

1849196915

(Number (ISBN

9781849196918

Country Code

bnb

Number

b422375

Title Proper

The lightning flash /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Vernon Cooray

Edition Statement

2nd edition

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxvii, 896 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Series Title

IET power and energy series ;

Volume Designation

69

Text of Note

Previous edition: London: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2003

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

t Charge structure and geographical variation of thunderclouds / r Earle Williams -- t Thunderstorm electrification mechanisms / r Rohan Jayaratne -- t Mechanism of electrical discharges / r Vernon Cooray -- t Mechanism of the lightning flash / r Vernon Cooray -- t Features of lightning flashes obtained from high-speed video recordings / r Marcelo M. F. Saba, Tom A. Warner and Carina Schumann -- t Rocket-and-wire triggered lightning experiments / r Vladimir A. Rakov -- t Tower initiated lightning discharges / r Gerhard Diendorfer -- t Computation of electromagnetic fields from lightning discharge / r Rajeev Thottappillil -- t Return stroke models with special attention to engineering applications / r Vernon Cooray -- t Return stroke speed models / r Vernon Cooray -- t On the various approximations to calculate lightning return stroke-generated electric and magnetic fields over finitely conducting ground / r Vernan Cooray -- t Interaction of electromagnetic fields generated by lightning with overload electrical networks / r Carlo Alberto Nucci and Farhad Rachidi -- t Principles of protection of structures against lightning / r Carlo Mazzetti -- t Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structures / r Vernon Cooray -- t Lightning and EMC / r Michel Ianoz -- t Electrical aspects of lightning strikes to humans / r Chris Andrews -- t Upper atmospheric electrical discharges / r Ningyu Liu -- t Energetic radiation from thunderstorms and lightning / r Joseph R. Dwyer and Hamid K. Rassoul -- t Global lightning nitrogen oxides production / r William Koshak -- t Lightning and global temperature change / r Colin Price.

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Text of Note

With contributions from today's leading lightning engineers and researchers, this updated 2nd edition of Vernon Cooray's classic text, The Lightning Flash provides the reader with an essential introduction to lightning and its impact on electrical and electronic equipment. Providing the reader with a thorough background into almost every aspect of lightning and its impact on electrical and electronic equipment, this new edition is updated throughout and features eight new chapters that bring the science up to date.

General Material Designation

Lightning flash (Institution of Engineering and Technology)

Electric apparatus and appliances-- Protection

Lightning

Lightning protection

Class number

Book number

Cooray, Vernon

Date of Transaction

20150406101243.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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