<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this paper further theoretical investigations to understand and elucidate recently raised questions on the characteristics of lightning return-strokes curried out. Using Antenna Theory (AT) model, which is extended to take into account the channel inclination, the electromagnetic fields expressions for vertical dipole are completed, and an inclined channel is properly modeled, vertical electric and azimuthally magnetic fields are computed at different distances (close, intermediate and far distance ranges). The computations show that amplitudes and wave forms of the electromagnetic fields at close and intermediate lightning environment are considerably affected by the channel inclination.</p></abstract>

In this paper further theoretical investigations to understand and elucidate recently raised questions on the characteristics of lightning return-strokes curried out. Using Antenna Theory (AT) model, which is extended to take into account the channel inclination, the electromagnetic fields expressions for vertical dipole are completed, and an inclined channel is properly modeled, vertical electric and azimuthally magnetic fields are computed at different distances (close, intermediate and far distance ranges). The computations show that amplitudes and wave forms of the electromagnetic fields at close and intermediate lightning environment are considerably affected by the channel inclination.

Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Inclined Return Stroke Channel

Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokhtar University, Annaba, Algeria

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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In this paper further theoretical investigations to understand and elucidate recently raised questions on the characteristics of lightning return-strokes...

Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Inclined Return Stroke Channel

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Feb 20, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2014-0023

Keywords
lighting channel, electromagnetic field, return stroke, AT model

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Electromagnetic Fields Produced by Inclined Return Stroke Channel

Published Online: Jun 17, 2014

Page range: 151 - 156

Received: Feb 20, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2014-0023

Keywordslighting channel, electromagnetic field, return stroke, AT model

© Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
lighting channel, electromagnetic field, return stroke, AT model