Fundamental processes in long air gap discharges |
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Authors: | I Gallimberti G Bacchiega Anne Bondiou-Clergerie Philippe Lalande |
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Institution: | a IRS srl, via Vigonovese 81, 35127, Padova, Italy;b ONERA, 29, av. de la division Leclerc, 92332, Châtillon, France |
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Abstract: | The development of atmospheric lightning is initiated and sustained by the formation in virgin air of ‘streamer corona’ and ‘leader’ discharges, very similar to those observed in laboratory long sparks. Therefore, the experimental and theoretical investigations of these laboratory discharges have become of large interest to improve the physical knowledge of the lightning process and to develop self-consistent models that could be applied to new protection concepts.In the present paper the fundamental processes of the subsequent phases of long air gap discharges are analyzed, from the first corona inception and development to the leader channel formation and propagation. For all these processes simulations models are discussed that have been essentially derived and simplified by the authors, in order to develop sequential time-dependent simulation of the laboratory breakdown, with both positive and negative voltages. The possibility of extending these models to the case of natural lightning is discussed in the companion paper, presented in this same volume. To cite this article: I. Gallimberti et al., C. R. Physique 3 (2002) 1335–1359. |
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Keywords: | streamer leader lightning simulation model corona dischargeAuthor Keywords: dé charge modé lisation arc leader simulation corona é clair |
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