/ Some ways to protect mobile military tents against lightning impacts

Abstract

In this paper, some ways to protect military mobile tents against lightning are described. This study follows the recommendations given by international lightning protection standards to divert the lightning current safely to ground. These standards recommend that the lightning current, which impacts the external lightning protection systems, should be conducted to ground through parallel conductors, called down conductors. Later on, this current is diverted into the ground by a ring conductor which acts as an equipotential system. In this way, important “head-to-feet” potential differences, for people in lying position inside the tent, are avoided. In addition, the lighting protection configurations presented in this work, will also protect against indirect lightning currents and the called here “head-to-feet voge” the persons sleeping in military tents loca ted in the neighborhood.