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A new method of lightning protection has been developed in which the lightning leader is attracted to ground objects as a result of the electrostatic interaction between the leader charge and induced charges on ground objects.
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Original Russian Text © S.L. Shishigin, V.E. Meshcheryakov, 2015, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 34–41.
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Shishigin, S.L., Meshcheryakov, V.E. Calculation of lightning protection based on an electrostatic model of leader attraction. Tech. Phys. Lett. 41, 273–276 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378501503027X
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