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Applied Physics Letters / Volume 96 / Issue 18 / BIOPHYSICS AND BIO-INSPIRED SYSTEMS

Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 183704 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3427359 (3 pages)

Computation of induced electric field and temperature elevation in human due to lightning current

T. Nagai and A. Hirata

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya-shi 466-8555, Japan

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(Received 10 March 2010; accepted 15 April 2010; published online 6 May 2010)

The present study investigated induced electric field and temperature elevation in specific tissues/organs of an anatomically based human body model for the lightning current. The threshold amplitude of the current inducing ventricular fibrillation and skin burning are estimated from computed induced electric field and temperature elevation with formulas for electrical stimulation and thermal damage. The computational results obtained herein were reasonably consistent with clinical observation.

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena, biological effects of fields, biological organs, biological tissues, biothermics, lightning, physiological models

PACS

  • 87.50.C-

    Static and low-frequency electric and magnetic fields effects

  • 87.19.R-

    Mechanical and electrical properties of tissues and organs

  • 87.19.Pp

    Biothermics and thermal processes in biology

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3427359

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0003-6951 (print)  
1077-3118 (online)

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