Citation

Roman F, Santamaria F, Alarcon A. J. Lightening Res. 2007; 1: 51-59.

Affiliation

Electromagnetic Compatibility Research Group, National University of Colombia EMC-UN, Bogota DC Colombia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Uppsala Universitet, Aangstroemlaboratoriet)

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Abstract

A lightning accident in a soccer field which occurred in the city of Gävle, Sweden in 1994, is described in this paper. The victim was a 16 years old girl, who at the moment of the accident was the goalkeeper in a soccer team. The victim was hardly injured by a direct lightning impact. The electrogeometric method was applied to show why the victim was attached by lightning. The LLP system data showed a 16 kA lightning flash without subsequent strokes. However, the soccer shoes showed three holes as evidence of three current paths. Three holes were also found on the earth surface, a clear evidence of the lightning current paths. The victim could be affected by two possible lightning events: 1- A lightning flash with one component and three different current paths to ground or 2- A lightning flash with three subsequent strokes. A human electrical body model was used to study both mentioned possible events. Results show that in a victim, a single lightning-current can be split into, at least, two different current paths.

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