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Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments

This paper discusses various practical difficulties of implementing internationally and nationally recognized lightning protection standards on small shelters. In aiming to minimize human injuries and deaths due to lightning related accidents for people who take shelter in unprotected structures dur...

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Main Authors: Gomes, Chandima, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Cooper, Mary Ann
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40230/1/Lightning%20safety%20scheme%20for%20sheltering%20structures%20in%20low-income%20societies%20and%20problematic%20environments.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.402302019-11-20T04:53:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40230/ Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments Gomes, Chandima Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Cooper, Mary Ann This paper discusses various practical difficulties of implementing internationally and nationally recognized lightning protection standards on small shelters. In aiming to minimize human injuries and deaths due to lightning related accidents for people who take shelter in unprotected structures during thunderstorms, this study proposes out-of-the-box solutions that may save many lives in societies that cannot afford packages of total solution. However, the proposed protection schemes can be applied even in developed countries or wealthy societies where strategic problems such as remoteness of the sites of concern and practical solutions beyond the peripherals of standardized recommendations are demanded. It should be noted that these are last resort solutions rather than replacement for recommendations in international standards. IEEE 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40230/1/Lightning%20safety%20scheme%20for%20sheltering%20structures%20in%20low-income%20societies%20and%20problematic%20environments.pdf Gomes, Chandima and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Cooper, Mary Ann (2012) Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments. In: International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2-7 Sept. 2012, Vienna, Austria. . 10.1109/ICLP.2012.6344404
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description This paper discusses various practical difficulties of implementing internationally and nationally recognized lightning protection standards on small shelters. In aiming to minimize human injuries and deaths due to lightning related accidents for people who take shelter in unprotected structures during thunderstorms, this study proposes out-of-the-box solutions that may save many lives in societies that cannot afford packages of total solution. However, the proposed protection schemes can be applied even in developed countries or wealthy societies where strategic problems such as remoteness of the sites of concern and practical solutions beyond the peripherals of standardized recommendations are demanded. It should be noted that these are last resort solutions rather than replacement for recommendations in international standards.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Cooper, Mary Ann
spellingShingle Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Cooper, Mary Ann
Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
author_facet Gomes, Chandima
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin
Cooper, Mary Ann
author_sort Gomes, Chandima
title Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
title_short Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
title_full Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
title_fullStr Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
title_full_unstemmed Lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
title_sort lightning safety scheme for sheltering structures in low-income societies and problematic environments
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40230/1/Lightning%20safety%20scheme%20for%20sheltering%20structures%20in%20low-income%20societies%20and%20problematic%20environments.pdf
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