Induced voltages on Transmission Lines

Abstract

ABOUT the year 1929 it first became appreciated that the lightning discharge is not instantaneous. The recognition of this fact had a profound influence upon the theories of lightning protection, the emphasis being diverted from induced to direct strokes1 as the agent to be guarded against. With the meager information then available the calculations indicated that induced voltages were unimportant when the finite time of discharge was taken into account.2 The more accurate information available today calls for a critical analysis of this subject, which is the purpose of the present paper.