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Thunderstorm electric field - QuickField simulation example

This example is prepared by Dariusz Czerwinski

Engineering question

How to find electric field under charged storm clouds?

Answer
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField Electrostatics problem for charged storm clouds and evaluate electric field distribution from computed field results.

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Typical applications
storm electric field regions, atmospheric charge environments, lightning field exposure areas

Modelling electric field in case of the storm

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Simulation problem

Problem Type
Plane-parallel problem of electrostatics.

Geometry
The model consists of clouds, buildings, trees and ground.
Building height 80m,
Tree height 40m,
Church tower height 120m,
Clouds height 250m.

Given
Cloud 1 potential U1 = 4 MV;
Cloud 2 potential U2 = -5 MV;
Potential of the buildings, trees, ground U3 = 0 V.

Results
storm electric field strength

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