TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2010 Vol. 69,
No 12 		 

 

 

 

Forgotten Model of Lightning Stroke


A.P. Nickolaenko
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
«Address all correspondence to A.P. Nickolaenko E-mail: sasha@ire.kharkov.ua

Abstract


We describe a model of lightning discharge, which was developed in the USSR by I.S. Stekolnikov in 1940s. The model is practically unknown among western specialists in the atmospheric electricity. The major parameters of the model are presented, the numerical modeling is performed, and its results are compared with the commonly used descriptions. We show that Stekolnikov’s model has some advantages and occupies a sound position among the modern engineering models of lightning strokes.

KEY WORDS:  lightning discharge, current distribution, spectrum of the current moment

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pages 1093-1102

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