The Art and Science of Lightning Protection by Martin A. Uman (PDF)

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A lightning strike to an unprotected object or system can be disastrous – in the United States lightning is responsible for over 30% of all electric power failures, causes billions of dollars’ worth of property damage, and an average of 85 fatalities a year. This accessible text describes all aspects of lightning protection and includes many illustrative drawings and photographs. The author examines the physical behavior of lightning, various types of lightning damage, the role of lightning detection and warning in effective protection, as well as options for deflecting or eliminating lightning. U.S. and international lightning protection standards are discussed. This book will be essential reading for everyone involved in the business of lightning protection, including meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, architects, engineers, and fire-safety experts. Insurance practitioners and physicians will find this reference of significant value.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review “There are no other books, in my opinion, that complete with this publication. Uman is the most competent individual to write this book, which fills the gap between the advanced text that he coauthored with Rakov and his introductory popular book, All About Lightning … I recommend this book without any hesitation.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Book Description A practical text on lightning protection for meteorologists, atmospheric scientists, architects, engineers, and fire-safety experts.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐When engineers write, they sometimes assume the reader has a vocabulary and training to match their own, and engineers really do need a good editors, as they are not very good with language. It would have been helpful if terms had been introduced as he went along. As it was the definitions of words were scattered through the book many times given after the words are introduced. For instance, an air terminal is a lightning rod and the term is used in the first through chapters, but defined half way through the book. I also had trouble with leaders, electrical paths established through air that conduct the lightning. These behave like pulses of direct current, always with the same direction of current flow. He also uses some integral and differential calculus as definitions of the nature of lightning, but not in any actual calculations. He uses graphs to show actual data. If he is going to use calculus for his definitions, he should have also given a written description. I had to read the book a few times to get the vocabulary before I could understand it. However, having said the above, if you are going to understand lightning, then I recommend this book. You can ignore the calculus, read the book several times taking a few notes as you go and have a good grip on the subject.

⭐This book is very good at covering a lot of basic lightning science related to lightning protection systems. It is written for scientists, engineers, and others who deal with systems that protect buildings, aircraft, and the people inside them from lightning. Some parts of the book require pretty good math skills to use them, but other parts are readable by non-experts.

⭐A very good book for those in the trade or just curious!

⭐Great reference.

⭐As an electrical/electronics engineer, I learned a lot from this book. It could have been more comprehensive and twice as thick.

⭐This is a Medium to Advanced level book, very suitable for science, electric, physics or electronic students written by the world lighting authority Dr. Uman. This books should be accompanied by the others books from the same author.

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