Finite element modeling of lightning

Author

Hwang, Chang-Chou ; Huang, Sy-Ruen ; Bor, Sheau-Shong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Feng Chia Univ., Taichung, Taiwan

Volume

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

298

Abstract

In this paper the transmission line equation which describes the transient voltage and current distributions of a lightning stroke is employed. The finite element method is used to derive the element equations and one-dimensional linear elements are used to discretize the field region. The implicit Newmark time integration technique is used to convert the resulting second-order ordinary differential equations into a set of recurrence equations which are then solved at each time step. A numerical example is included and discussed

Keywords

current distribution; differential equations; finite element analysis; lightning; transient analysis; transmission line theory; finite element method; implicit Newmark time integration technique; lightning; one-dimensional linear elements; recurrence equations; second-order ordinary differential equations; transient current distribution; transient voltage distribution; transmission line equation; Clouds; Differential equations; Earth; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite element methods; Lightning; Maxwell equations; Power system transients; Transmission lines; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Management and Power Delivery, 1995. Proceedings of EMPD '95., 1995 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2981-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMPD.1995.500742

Filename

500742