Download or read book Lightning Protection for People and Property written by Marvin M. Frydenlund and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word lightning conjures up many different thoughts, depending on who you are. For instance, an engineer might wonder, "How can I protect this building?" A computer manager might ask, "What protection is available to save my equip ment?" A golf course manager wants to warn golfers about life-saving measures to take during a lightning storm. And on and on the needs go. In fact, the variety of backgrounds of people who need to understand lightning, its effects, and pro tection techniques ranges from the highly technical to the illiterate, creating a very difficult educational problem for the lightning protection industry. In this book, Marvin Frydenlund presents a refreshingly new melding of the many pieces of the lightningjigsaw puzzle that are scattered throughout numerous libraries, magazine and newspaper articles, codes, standards, statistics, research, and the enormous body of information called "old wives' tales, myths, opinions, and snake oil sales literature." He has created a broad-spectrum review of the en tire field oflightning that is easy to read and understand, and it will benefit anyone who wants to study and comprehend the subject.
Download or read book Protection From Lightning by Alexander McAdie written by Alexander McAdie and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive guide to protecting buildings, people, and electrical equipment from the damaging effects of lightning. It covers the physics of atmospheric electricity, lightning detection and measurement, and lightning protection measures for various types of structures. It is intended for architects, engineers, building managers, and anyone else responsible for the safety of people and property in areas prone to lightning strikes. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Lightning Protection for Home Family and Property written by Marvin M. Frydenlund and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Real Property written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Congressional letter, dated June 30, 2004, to the Comptroller General expressed concern that the federal government may not have a uniform approach to protecting its facilities from lightning strikes. As a result, Congress requested a GAO study on issues related to whether the federal government should adopt a uniform standard for lightning protection systems. We selected four agencies for this study--the General Services Administration (GSA), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), and the Department of Defense (DOD). These agencies hold over 80 percent (in terms of square footage) of the government's owned and leased property. The objectives of this study were to determine (1) to what extent these selected federal agencies use applicable lightning protection standard(s) to help protect buildings they own from lightning strikes; (2) how these selected federal agencies assess the need for lightning protection systems on their buildings; (3) what practices and lightning protection standard(s) the General Services Administration uses when leasing privately owned buildings; and (4) what data exist related to the financial impact of lightning protection and damage to the federal government, such as the number of buildings with lightning protection systems, the costs associated with installing lightning protection systems, and the costs to repair buildings struck by lightning.
Download or read book Federal Real Property written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lightning Protection Guide written by Dehn + Söhne (Neumarkt i.d. OPf.) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protection of Life and Property Against Lightning written by O. S. Peters and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lightning Protection for Home Family Property written by Lightning Protection Institute and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protection of Life and Property Against Lightning written by Orville Sherwin Peters and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIXES Appendix I.--RULES CONCERNING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF LIGHTNING RODS Below are given some of the rules and recommendations concerning the installation and maintenance of lighting rods that have been adopted by various authorities or technical organizations in England, Germany, and the United States. They are given here as examples of what the various organizations referred to regard as the best practice in protection against lightning. A. ENGLAND THE PHOENIX FIRE OFFICE RULES" FOR LIGHTNING RODS IDEAL METHOD OF PROTECTION In the report issued by the Lightning Research Committee in 1905, it is pointed out that lightning discharges are of two distinct characters, named the A and B flash, respectively. The A flash is of simple type; it can be prevented, or its violence diminished, by the silent discharge which goes on during a storm from various points of a building. Its path is prepared beforehand by ordinary electrostatic considerations, and it strikes pointed conductors in preference to others. The usual system of two or more conductors, if properly constructed, affords sufficient protection against a flash of this kind. The B flash is a disruptive discharge of much greater suddeness, which falls on a building without preparation; it may strike the building in several places at once, and is no more likely to select points than knobs. A column of hot air, like that of a chimney, is the path most favored by this kind of discharge. Points are no protection against it; the only way to obtain absolute security is to inclose the structure in a metal framework, constituting what has been described as the "bird-cage" system of conductors. In a modification of this system for an ordinary building a sufficient practical...
Download or read book Protection of Life and Property Against Lightning written by Orville Sherwin Peters and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lightning Protection by West Dodd written by West Dodd Lightning Conductor Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems written by National Fire Protection Association. Technical Committee on Lightning Protection and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Action of Lightning and the Means of Defending Life and Property from Its Effects written by Arthur Parnell and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protection of Life and Property from Lightning During Thunderstorms written by W. McGregor (Superintendant, Indian Government Telegraphs.) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lightning Protection for Historic Structures written by Charles Elbert Fisher and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preservation Brief 50 The loss of historic buildings as a result of lightning strikes makes local front page news every year. Lightning strikes make no distinction between historic properties and other types of structures. Historic barns, churches, museums, homes, stores, factories, lighthouses, schools, and other buildings, as well as structures such as tall monuments, may be at unnecessary risk of damage or loss as a result of a strike by lightning. The insurance industry reports that 5% of all claims are lightning-related in the U.S., with annual building damage estimated as high as $1 billion according to Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Certain types of structures are especially susceptible to damage, particularly churches where lightning accounts for nearly one-third of all church-building fires each year. This Preservation Brief, part of the Renovation & Historic Preservation resources collection produced by the US Department of Interior, National Park Service, (Technical Preservation Services) is designed for owners, property managers, architects, contractors, and others involved in the preservation of historic structures. It includes information on the care, maintenance, and repair of historic and older lightning protection systems; discusses factors to consider in assessing the need for a lightning protection system where none exists; and includes historic preservation guidance on the design and installation of new systems. Related products: Check out our Home & Property Maintenance resources collection Discover more Renovation & Historic Preservation publications Discover more resources in our Natural & Environmental Disasters collection
Download or read book Lightning Protection for Engineers written by and published by Nat'l Lightning Safety Inst. This book was released on 2004 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Protection of Life and Property Against Lightning written by Orville Sherwin Peters and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
