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When Lightning Strikes [PDF]

open access: yesThe Annals of Family Medicine, 2011
The annual probability of being struck by lightning in the United States is estimated to be about 1 in 280,000, with about 90% surviving erlands,[2][1] the annual probability of a family physician receiving a complaint from that country’s disciplinary tribunal is about 1 in 960,000.
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Lightning accidents in the Austrian alps – a 10-year retrospective nationwide analysis

open access: yesScandinavian 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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Analysis of the failure mode of surge protector under multi-pulse lightning strikes and its mechanism

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
This paper proposes a special disconnector for surge protector (SPD) with the ability to pass large pulse currents under multiple pulses, which has been verified to solve the problem of SPD fire and combustion under multiple pulses in engineering ...
Chunying Li   +4 more
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A LIGHTning Strike to the Metastatic Niche [PDF]

open access: yesCell Reports, 2020
Tumor-induced vascular alterations in distant organs have been linked to the spreading of cancer. In this issue of Cell Reports, He et al. (2019) show that targeting the cytokine LIGHT to the pulmonary vasculature prevents the establishment of lung metastasis in mice.
Martinez-Usatorre A, De Palma M
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Three‐phase overvoltage at lightning strike point due to direct triggered lightning to the phase wire of 10 kV power distribution line

open access: yesIET 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

open access: yesEnergy 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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Lightning strike test of CFRP coatings with different conductivity

open access: yesZhongguo 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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Electric filed intensity of the lightning strikes on lightning air terminals installed on building structures [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 risk assessment at high spatial resolution at the residential sub-district scale: a case study in the Beijing metropolitan area

open access: yesGeomatics, 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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