@article{MAKHILLJEAS2019142218623,
    title = {Influence of Soil Conductivity and Rod-to-Earth Gaps on Lightning Breakdown
Voltage and Peak Current of Rod-to-Plane Air Gaps},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {14},
    number = {22},
    pages = {8362-8367},
    year = {2019},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2019.8362.8367},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2019.8362.8367},
    author = {Usama,Abdulrahman,Salman,Abderrahmane and},
    keywords = {U50 breakdown voltage,heterogeneous Earth,homogeneous Earth,Lightning discharge,electrode gap,soil conductivity},
    abstract = {This study deals with the influence of soil conductivity and a rod-to-earth electrode gap on lightning
impulse voltages. Two types of soils are considered: homogeneous and non-homogeneous/heterogeneous.
The heterogeneous soil consists of a metallic plate in contact with a parallelepiped tank filled with water or
wetted sand of different conductivities. It is shown that, for homogeneous Earth, the U<sub>50</sub> decreases when 50%
increasing the soil conductivity and the electrodes gap decreases. For heterogeneous soil configuration and
a given distance from the HV electrode to the metallic electrode, the U<sub>50</sub> is higher for lower conductivities of 50%
homogeneous soil.}
    }