A. Ametani et al., FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT IMPEDANCE OF VERTICAL CONDUCTORS AND A MULTICONDUCTOR TOWER MODEL, IEE proceedings. Generation, transmission and distribution, 141(4), 1994, pp. 339-345
The paper proposes a frequency-dependent characteristic impedance of a
vertical multiconductor system above an imperfectly conducting earth
and a multiconductor multistair model with a number of legs between to
wer arms to represent an actual tower for a lightning surge analysis.
Surge impedances calculated by the proposed formula and model show a s
atisfactory accuracy compared with a number of experimental and field
test results of vertical conductors and actual towers. It is observed
that an imperfectly conducting earth causes no significant effect on t
he characteristic impedance of a tower, and the wave propagation veloc
ity is nearly the light velocity in free space in the entire frequency
range.