| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 162, 2017
International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics 2017 (InCAPE2017)
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| Article Number | 01065 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201065 | |
| Published online | 22 November 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716201065
Laboratory demonstration of lightning strike pattern on different roof tops installed with Franklin Rods
Department of Electrical Power Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn, 86400, Batu Pahat Johor, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: irshadullah95@yahoo.com
Published online: 22 November 2017
Protection against lightning is always a challenging job for the researcher. The consequences due to lightning on different building shapes needs a comprehensive knowledge in order to provide the information to the common man. This paper is mainly concern with lightning pattern when it strikes on the building with different shape. The work is based on the practical experimental work in high voltage laboratory. Different shapes of the scaled structures have been selected in order to investigate the equal distribution of lightning voltage. The equal distribution of lightning voltage will provide the maximum probability of lightning strike on air terminal of the selected shapes. Building shapes have a very important role in lightning protection. The shapes of the roof tops have different geometry and the Franklin rod installation is also varies with changing the shape of the roof top. According to the ambient weather condition of Malaysia high voltage impulse is applied on the lightning rod installed on different geometrical shape. The equal distribution of high voltage impulse is obtained as the geometry of the scaled structure is identical and the air gap for all the tested object is kept the same. This equal distribution of the lightning voltage also proves that the probability of lightning strike is on the corner and the edges of the building structure.
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