Lightning Surge Analysis of Transmission Line Towers With a Hybrid FDTD-PEEC Method

This paper addresses lightning surges on the transmission systems with a new hybrid method, using a 1D FDTD model for the transmission line and a PEEC model for the tower and lightning channel. Compared with other circuit-based models, mutual coupling between the lightning channel and other parts in the system can be fully considered. This hybrid method has been validated numerically and experimen...