{"id":54630,"date":"2016-08-28T12:07:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T09:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/yildirim-risk-hesaplayici\/"},"modified":"2016-08-28T12:07:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T09:07:45","slug":"lightning-risk-calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/lightning-risk-calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Risk Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">One of the most important stages of lightning protection is the calculation of lightning risk. Especially when selecting an external lightning protection system, the lightning risk calculation must be calculated according to <em><strong>IEC 62305<\/strong> <\/em>standards to obtain the most optimized result. You can access the details of how to perform a <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/lightning-risk-calculation\/\"><strong>lightning risk calculation<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span> for a structure in the IEC 62305-2 section.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m-risk-hesaplay%C4%B1c%C4%B1.xls\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5655 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m.jpg\" alt=\"lightning\" width=\"900\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When performing lightning risk calculation, the following factors are taken as a basis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Danger structure for people<\/li>\n<li>Number of thunderstorm days<\/li>\n<li>Structure occupancy coefficient<\/li>\n<li>Relative location of the facility<\/li>\n<li>Fire Risk<\/li>\n<li>Importance of the service provided by the building<\/li>\n<li>Electrical Lines<\/li>\n<li>Lightning Protection Level (LPL)<\/li>\n<li>Installation dimensions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lightning Density Ng<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lightning<\/strong> density is the number of lightning strikes falling on an area of one kilometer in a year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/en\/\"><strong>lightning protection<\/strong><\/a> level is higher for places with high lightning strikes. As lightning density decreases, the risk also decreases.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Danger Status for People<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No Danger <strong>1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Low Level Panic (&lt;= 2 floors, &lt;100 people) <strong>2<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Panic Medium risk (&lt;1000 people) <strong>5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Difficult to evacuate (disabled, hospitals) <strong>5<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Panic high risk (&gt; 1000 people) <strong>10<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hazard to surroundings or environment<strong> 20<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Surroundings and environmental pollution <strong>50<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5656\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m-hesaplar%C4%B1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5656 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m-hesaplar%C4%B1.jpg\" alt=\"lightning-calculations\" width=\"900\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When calculating lightning risk, the danger status of the structure is taken into account.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Structure Occupancy Rate<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If the structure is empty <strong>0.1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Normally Occupied <strong>0.01<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Status of the Building Relative to the Environment<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Structure surrounded by trees and high objects <strong>0.25 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Structure surrounded by similar or lower objects <strong>0.5 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Isolated structure, no objects nearby <strong>1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Isolated structure on a hill<strong> 2<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5657\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/%C3%A7at%C4%B1-y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5657\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/%C3%A7at%C4%B1-y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m.jpg\" alt=\"A roof damaged by lightning\" width=\"650\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A roof damaged by lightning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Fire Risk<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explosion <strong>1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>High <strong>0.1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Medium <strong>0.01<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Low<strong> 0.001<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m-risk-hesaplay%C4%B1c%C4%B1.xls\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5655 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r%C4%B1m.jpg\" alt=\"lightning\" width=\"900\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YILKOMER-YILDIRIM-RISK-ANALIZ-PROGRAMI-TURKCE.xls\">YILKOMER LIGHTNING RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM TURKISH<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/yilkomer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/YILKOMER-YILDIRIM-RISK-ANALIZ-PROGRAMI-INGILIZCE.xls\">YILKOMER LIGHTNING RISK ANALYSIS PROGRAM ENGLISH<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important stages of lightning protection is the calculation of lightning risk. 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