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Model investigations of the impact of overheated air termination conductors on flammable roofings

JCPEE.
2015;
Volume 5, Number 2
: pp. 111-116
Authors:
  1. Piotr Strużewski
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Polish Committee on Lightning Protection of the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers

The article concerns laboratory tests simulating practical situations in which roofings considered as flammable are hazarded by the increase of temperature of the air termination con­ductors after lightning discharges. The main part of the paper deals with motivation for un­dertaking tests, determination of assumptions for their execution, characteristics of testing system and presentation of results obtained by the author. The article is sum­marized with conclusions drawn from the above mentioned results. 

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