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Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method

Adonis F. R. Leal et al · Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica e Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo · 2021

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Adonis F. R. Leal et al
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica e Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo
Year
2021
ISSN
2179-1074
ISSN
2179-1074
Language
English

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Abstract The Amazon region has high lightning occurrence rates, with many lightning hot spots. Different rivers cross the Amazon rainforests and the people that live there use these rivers as roads to go from one place to another. Every year, lightning deaths are reported in the Brazilian Amazon region. In 2018, a lightning discharge struck a small riverboat, which killed 4 people and injured 5 in the North region of Brazil. In this study, we investigate lightning fatalities in Amazon rivers and compute electric field distribution in a small riverboat due to a lightning strike using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The results show that the electric field produced inside the boat is large enough to cause air breakdown. Additionally, we propose a cost-effective method to improve lightning safety for people that use small boats in the Amazon region.

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al, A. F. R. L. E. (2021). Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method. https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-10742021v20i21074

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al, Adonis F. R. Leal et. "Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method." 2021. https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-10742021v20i21074.

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al, Adonis F. R. Leal et. 2021. "Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method.". https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-10742021v20i21074.

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al, A. F. R. L. E. 2021, Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method, Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica e Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo, available at: https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-10742021v20i21074 [Accessed 8 Aug. 2026].

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Title
Lightning Protection Design for Small Riverboats Using the FDTD Method
Author / contributors
Adonis F. R. Leal et al
Publisher
Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica e Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo
Publication year
2021
ISSN
2179-1074
ISSN
2179-1074
Language
English

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riverboat lightning protection; FDTD method; lightning fatalities in Amazon rivers
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