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| Preface | |
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| What is lightning? | |
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| Types of lightning | |
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| Statistics on lightning occurrence | |
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| Cloud-to-ground lightning | |
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| General principles of protection | |
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| Estimation of strike probability for small structures | |
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| When is lightning protection needed and/or desirable? | |
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| References | |
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| Lightning damage | |
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| Overview: the cost of various types of lightning damage | |
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| Conductors and insulators | |
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| Lightning characteristics pertinent to damage | |
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| References | |
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| General methods for lightning protection: Faraday cages, topological shields; and more practical approaches: cone of protection and rolling sphere methods | |
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| Is there perfect protection? | |
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| Practical protection: types of protection | |
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| The striking distance | |
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| Cone of protection and rolling sphere methods | |
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| References | |
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| Structure protection: air terminals and down conductors | |
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| Overview | |
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| Air terminals | |
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| Early streamer emission rods | |
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| Down conductors | |
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| Very long down conductors | |
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| References | |
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| Structure protection: grounding | |
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| Overview | |
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| Soil properties | |
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| Resistance of various grounding electrodes | |
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| Non-resistive and non-linear grounding electrodes | |
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| References | |
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| Surge protection for electronics in low-voltage electrical systems | |
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| Overview | |
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| Amplitudes and waveshapes of lightning transients | |
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| Crowbar devices | |
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| Voltage clamping devices | |
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| Filters and isolation devices | |
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| Hybrid circuits: multiple-stage protection | |
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| References | |
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| Humans and animals | |
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| Personal safety | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Medical issues | |
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| Electrical effects | |
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| References | |
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| Lightning warning | |
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| Overview | |
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| RF location techniques | |
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| Detection from satellites | |
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| References | |
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| Airships, airplanes, and launch vehicles | |
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| Overview | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Accidents | |
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| Lightning test standards | |
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| References | |
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| Ships and boats | |
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| History | |
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| Protective techniques | |
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| Statistics | |
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| References | |
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| Trees | |
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| General | |
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| Protective techniques | |
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| Types of damage | |
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| The value of lightning to trees | |
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| References | |
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| Overhead and underground power and communication lines | |
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| Overview | |
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| Overhead power lines | |
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| Underground cables | |
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| Communication lines | |
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| References | |
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| Lightning elimination | |
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| Modifying the cloud electrification process | |
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| Artificial initiation of lightning | |
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| Can thunderstorms be steadily discharged? | |
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| Can lightning be inhibited? | |
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| References | |
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| So, what do we know and what don't we know about lightning protection? | |
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| Does it work? | |
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| How well does it work? | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |