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Lightning Protection

This document provides calculations to evaluate the need for lightning protection on buildings. It calculates the collection area of different building structures using formulas. It then determines the flash density and risk of being struck based on location. Weighting factors are applied for building use, contents, construction, isolation and country. The overall risk factor is calculated and compared to thresholds to determine if protection is recommended. For the sample building, protection is recommended due to its risk factor being between the thresholds that require protection.

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Lightning Protection

This document provides calculations to evaluate the need for lightning protection on buildings. It calculates the collection area of different building structures using formulas. It then determines the flash density and risk of being struck based on location. Weighting factors are applied for building use, contents, construction, isolation and country. The overall risk factor is calculated and compared to thresholds to determine if protection is recommended. For the sample building, protection is recommended due to its risk factor being between the thresholds that require protection.

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Lightning Protection Calculation

Calculation for Evaluating Need for Protection - by BS6651 1. Collection Area, Ac (sqm) 1.1. Rectangle Building Lengthm 10 1.2. Tower Radius m 10 Height m 30 Collection Area Ac sqm 5026.6 Width m 10 Height m 12 Collection Area Ac (sqm 1032.4

Formula: Ac=LW+2LH+2WH+H

Formula: Ac=(H+R)2

1.3. Sloping Roof (Here pitch 45,if pitch <45,adopt 1.1) Collection Lengthm Height Area Ac 2 m sqm Formula: Ac=H +2LH 20 30 4027.4 2. Flash density, Ng (per/sqkm) Thunderstor m days per year Td 20 Note: adopt for north Africa Flash density, Ng (per/sqkm) 1.10

From Curve of Table 6

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Lightning Protection Calculation

3. Risk of being struck, p 4. Overall risk factor 1 2 Risk of being struck, A p Use of structure (Table 8)

1.1E-03

Formula: p=AcNg10

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Weighting factors B C D Type of Contents or Degree of construction consequential isolation (Table 9) effects (Table 11) (Table 10) 0.4 0.3 1.0

E Type of country (Table 12)

7 8 Overall Overall risk multiplying factor (product factor of columns 1 (product of and 7) columns 2 to 6)

9 Recommendations

1.1E-03

0.3

0.3

0.011

1.23E-05

protection recommended

Note: Risk less than 110-5 do not generally require protection; risk between 110-5 and 110-4 protection is recommended; risk greater than 110-4 require protection.

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Weighting factors

Flash density

Weighting factors

Flash density

Curve of Flash

density and Thunder day per year

Note: This curve is made from Table 6 of BS 6651

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