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Calculating lightning strike distance

Return stroke current magnitude and strike distance (length of the last stepped leader) are interrelated. A number of equations have been proposed for determining the striking distance. The principal ones are as follows: 1. S = 2 x I + 30(1e I / 6.8) - Darveniza (1975) 2. S = 10 x I0.65 Love (1987; 1993) 3. S = 9.4 x I2/3 Whitehead (1974) 4. S = 8 x I0.65 IEEE (1985) 5. S = 3.3 x I0.78 Suzuki (1981) where: S is the strike distance in meters I is the return stroke current in kiloamperes It may be disconcerting to note that the above equations vary by as much as a factor of 2:1. However, lightning investigators now tend to favor the shorter strike distances given by Equation 4. Anderson, for example, who adopted Equation 2 in the 1975 edition of the Transmission Line Reference Book (1987), now feels that Equation 4 is more accurate.

Mousa (1988) also supports this form of the equation. The equation may also be stated as follows: I = 0.041 x S1.54 SOURCE: Robert S. Nowell, Georgia Power Company Edvard FIGURE 1 - Probability of stroke current exceeding abscissa for strokes to flat ground. Electrical engineer and programmer working in Schneider Electric, CsanyiGroup and EEP with power substations and energy distribution in residential buildings and industry facilities. Professional in AutoCAD programming and web-design. Also developer of awsome piece of electrical design software - ePlusMenuCAD. If you ain't bored yet, read more HERE.