Case Study: Global Lightning Protection Services improves wind turbine lightning protection with COMSOL Multiphysics

Global Lightning Protection Services studies 200 kA lightning strikes with Comsol

The customer, Global Lightning Protection Services, faced the challenge of protecting wind turbines from damaging lightning strikes that could interfere with critical onboard electronics. To analyze this, they worked with the vendor Comsol, utilizing their COMSOL Multiphysics software along with LiveLink for SpaceClaim.

Comsol's solution allowed the engineers to import and prepare a turbine CAD model and then simulate realistic lightning strike scenarios. This enabled the customer to vary strike contact points and calculate current distributions within the structure. The research conducted using Comsol's tools provides valuable data that directly helps their customers improve the safety and reliability of wind turbine designs.

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