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"Thunderstruck": Penetrating thoracic injury from lightning strike [PDF]
, 2014 Lightning strike victims are rarely presented at an emergency department. Burns are often the primary focus. This case report describes the improvised explosive device like-injury to the thorax due to lightning strike and its treatment, which has not ...
Halm, J.A. (Jens) +2 more
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Lightning accidents in the Austrian alps – a 10-year retrospective nationwide analysis
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018 Background Lightning strikes are rare but potentially lethal. The risk for suffering a lightning strike in a mountain environment is unknown. The aim of this nationwide study was to analyse all lightning accidents in the Austrian Alps from 2005 to 2015 ...
Mathias Ströhle +5 more
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IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 2022 This paper reports the observation results of three‐phase overvoltage at the lightning strike point of a 1.5 km, 10 kV power distribution line that was struck directly by rocket triggered lightning to its phase wire C.
Jianguo Wang +7 more
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Evaluation of lightning overvoltage at neutral point of HVDC converter transformer based on EMTP
Energy Reports, 2022 In order to ensure the safe and stable operation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, this paper studies the lightning overvoltage at the neutral point of the HVDC converter transformer.
Zhe Hu +4 more
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Electric filed intensity of the lightning strikes on lightning air terminals installed on building structures [PDF]
, 2017 Lightning activities are growing up rapidly with global warming. It can affect anything on the earth. All the constructed buildings need proper protection from the harmful effect of lightning.
Ahmad, H. +4 more
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Lightning strike test of CFRP coatings with different conductivity
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2019 [Objectives] With the wide application of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) in industry,the problem of poor lightning strike protection has become more and more serious.
FU Shangchen +5 more
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Investigation of Thundercloud Features in Different Regions
Remote Sensing, 2021 A comparison of thundercloud characteristics in different regions of the world was conducted. The clouds studied developed in India, China and in two regions of Russia. Several field projects were discussed. Cloud characteristics were measured by weather
Andrei Sin’kevich +11 more
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2018 Lightning risk indexes identifying the potential number of dangerous lightning events (NDLE) and ground sensitivity to lightning in residential sub-districts in the Beijing metropolitan area have been estimated on a 5 m resolution grid for the first time.
HaiBo Hu, JingXiao Li, Xiya Zhang
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Cardiovascular effects of lightning strikes
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1993 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of lightning strikes on the cardiovascular system.A lightning strike can attack its victims in one of three ways: direct hit, splash or ground strike. The cardiovascular system can be affected directly by mechanical or electrical trauma during a direct hit or can be indirectly affected through ...
Robert C. Lichtenberg +4 more
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