Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection
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Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection by Tibor Horvth
This book, along with its supporting animated website, helps the reader to understand the propagation of waves within complex intelligent structures within buildings, and the operation of systems designed to protect these structures. It also comments on proper human behaviour during a lightning thunderstorm.
"…would be used by students or as a resource for those who need to design and specify electrical protection equipment…and by anyone with an interest in lighting" (IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, March/April 2007)
Tibor Horvath is a Professor Emeritus at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He has authored 17 books on high voltage engineering, insulations, static electricity, measurements and testing & the history of electrotechnics, and over 120 journal articles and conference papers. He has served as president of the International Conference on Lightning Protection, and has designed lightning protection systems for many prestigious buildings including the Hungarian Parliament and the cathedral of Budapest.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780470030189 |
| ISBN 10 | 0470030186 |
| Title | Understanding Lightning and Lightning Protection |
| Author | Tibor Horvth |
| Series | Rsp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Year published | 2006-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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