• DocumentCode
    1442765
  • Title

    Impulse and 60-cycle characteristics of driven grounds — III effect of lead in ground installation

  • Author

    Bellaschi, P. L. ; Armington, R. E.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Sharon, Pa.
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1943
  • fDate
    6/1/1943 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    334
  • Lastpage
    344
  • Abstract
    GROUND installations comprise physically the ground proper and, in addition, a lead which connects the grounded part (protective device, insulator, overhead ground wire, lightning rod, and so forth) to the ground. The lead (grounding wire or metal structure) is essentially an inductance, while the ground acts as a resistance in the manner discussed previously.1 These two elements determine in a large measure the total voltage across the ground installation and therefore its performance under lightning discharges.
  • Keywords
    Conductors; Discharges (electric); Inductance; Lightning; Poles and towers; Resistance; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1943.6435780
  • Filename
    6435780