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Numerical simulations of spark channels propagating along the ground surface: Comparison with high-current experiment

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A numerical model of a spark discharge propagating along the ground surface from the point at which an ∼100-kA current pulse is input into the ground has been developed based on experiments in which the velocity of a long leader was measured as a function of the leader current. The results of numerical simulations are in good agreement with the measured characteristics of creeping discharges excited in field experiments by using a high-power explosive magnetic generator. The reason why the length of a spark discharge depends weakly on the number of simultaneously developing channels is found. Analysis of the influence of the temporal characteristics of the current pulse on the parameters of the creeping spark discharge shows that actual lighting may exhibit similar behavior.

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  1. Krzhizhanovsky Power Engineering Institute, Leninskiĭ pr. 19, Moscow, 117927, Russia

    E. M. Bazelyan & M. G. Andreev

  2. Lenin All-Russia Electrotechnical Institute, ul. Krasnokazarmennaya 12, Moscow, 111250, Russia

    V. S. Sysoev

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Original Russian Text © E.M. Bazelyan, V.S. Sysoev, M.G. Andreev, 2009, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 762–767.

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Bazelyan, E.M., Sysoev, V.S. & Andreev, M.G. Numerical simulations of spark channels propagating along the ground surface: Comparison with high-current experiment. Plasma Phys. Rep. 35, 702–707 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X0908011X

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