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Joint voltages resulting from lightning currents

Warne, Larry K.; Johnson, William Arthur.; Chen, Kenneth C.; Merewether, Kimball O.

Simple formulas are given for the interior voltages appearing across bolted joints from exterior lightning currents. External slot and bolt inductances as well as internal slot and bolt diffusion effects are included. Both linear and ferromagnetic wall materials are considered. A useful simplification of the slot current distribution into linear stripline and cylindrical parts (near the bolts) allows the nonlinear voltages to be estimated in closed form.