Investigating the risk of lightning’s pressure blast wave

We investigated the pathology of human trauma associated with lightning’s pressure blast wave. Within what range is a human at risk and what are the risks? Two theories for the trauma currently exist: the flash moisture vaporisation theory and the sixth mechanism theory. We performed a simple proof-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryan Blumenthal, Nicholas J. West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2015-03-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3594