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Lightning Protection Design Guide

This document provides a 3-sentence summary of a lightning protection design calculation sheet for a building over 20 meters tall: The calculation sheet calculates the risk of the building being struck by lightning based on its location, dimensions, construction materials and other factors to determine if lightning protection is required. It then selects the number of down conductors needed based on either a formula using the building's height and dimensions or the number of earth pits. The conclusion is that for this 9x12.5 meter factory building in Bellari, India, the overall risk factor exceeds 0.00001, so lightning protection is required with 4 down conductors and earth pits.

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Lightning Protection Design Guide

This document provides a 3-sentence summary of a lightning protection design calculation sheet for a building over 20 meters tall: The calculation sheet calculates the risk of the building being struck by lightning based on its location, dimensions, construction materials and other factors to determine if lightning protection is required. It then selects the number of down conductors needed based on either a formula using the building's height and dimensions or the number of earth pits. The conclusion is that for this 9x12.5 meter factory building in Bellari, India, the overall risk factor exceeds 0.00001, so lightning protection is required with 4 down conductors and earth pits.

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CLIENT CONSULTANT CONTRACTOR PROJECT:

DOCUMENT NAME :- DESIGN CALCULATION SHEET FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION


REV -

DOCUMENT NO.

TYPICAL CALCULATION SHEET FOR LIGHTING SYSTEM ABOVE 2O MTR HEIGHT OF BUILDING/STRUCTURE
= Fill or Select the yellow colour result will get automatically

1.00 BASIC OF CALCULATION : As per IS :2309-1985


1.01 Average Number of Thunderstroms days in the year
1.02 Building Dimension - TH-4

Bellari

22

12.5

LxWXH

Ac

( L X W ) + 2 ( L X H ) + 2 ( W X H ) +( H2)

(9 X 12.5) + 2 ( 9 X 34.5) + 2 ( 12.5 X 34.5) + ( X 34.5 X 34.5)

1.03 Collection Area

112.5

621

34.5

862.5

+ 3739.77

Ac

1.04 Flash density Mean Value

Ng

1.9

1.05 Probability of being struck

(Ac X Ng ) X 10

5335.77

-6

5335.77 X

0.01014

1.9

10

-6

1.06 Over all Assesment of Risk & Weighing Factor (Refer Table-1A to 1E from IS : 2309:1989 )
A

Weighting Factor "A" ( Use of Structures)


Factories,workshops and laboratories

0.8

1.3

0.4

Weighting Factor "D" ( Degree of Isolation)


Structure located in large area of structures or trees of the
same or greater height, for example in a large town or forest

Weighting Factor "C" ( Contents or Consequentials Effects)


Industrial key plants,ancient monuments and historic
buildings,museums, art galleries or other buildings with
specially valuable contents.

Weighting Factor "B" ( Type Of Construction)


Steel framed encased or reinforced concrete with metal roof

Weighting Factor "E" ( Type of Cuntry)


Hill Country

1.07 Overall Multiplication Factor

AXBXCXDXE

=
=
1.08 Overall Risk Factor

=
=
=

0.8

1.3

0.4

0.416
Strucke (P) x Oveall multiplication factor
0.01014

X 0.4160

0.00422

0.00

1.09 If Overall risk factor exceeds 0.00001 then Lightning protection is required

Conclusion :-

Overall risk factor is excessed than 0.00001 hence Lightning Protection is Required

2.00 SELECTION OF DOWN CONDUCTOR :


Number of Down conductors should be atleast the smaller of the following.
The Above structure/Building height is

35 Mtrs. Above 20Mtr then

Use the following formula for Down Conductor Calculation


2.01 Number of Down Conductor for Building/Structure

2.02 Number of Down conductor = Number of Earth Pits

Doc. No.EL00012,Rev05

(( W + L ) X 2) / 10

((9+12.5) X 2 ) / 10

Nos.

Nos.

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Typical Calculation Sheet

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