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1.5.40 Resistibility Ability of equipment to withstand an overvoltage or an overcurrent without damage. 1.5.41 Risk ( R) Probable average annual loss (humans and goods) in a structure due to lightning flashes. 1.5.42 Risk assessment The process of designing an LPS to achieve a probable frequency of damage and injury. It is based on determining the likely number of lightning discharges and also estimates the probability and consequences. A range of protection measures can be selected to reduce the risk to less than a target value. This process is also known as risk management. 1.5.43 Risk component Partial risk assessed according to the source of damage and the type of damage. 1.5.44 Side-flash A discharge occurring between nearby objects or from such objects to the LPS or to earth. 1.5.45 Special damage factors (k n ) Factors affecting the value of the damage , with respect to the existing peculiar conditions in the structure, that may decrease or increase the loss. 1.5.46 Striking distance (ds ) The distance between the tip of the downward leader and the eventual lightning strike attachment point at the moment of initiation of an upward intercepting streamer. 1.5.47 Structure or object Any building or construction, process plant, storage tank, tree, or similar, on or in the ground. 1.5.48 Surge protective device (SPD) A device that is intended to mitigate surge overvoltages and overcurrents. 1.5.49 Test link A joint designed and situated so as to enable resistance or continuity measurements to be made. 1.5.50 Thunderday A calendar day during which thunder is heard at a given location. Thunderstorm occurrence at a particular location is usually expressed in terms of the number of calendar days in a year when thunder was heard at the location, averaged over several years. 1.5.51 Tolerable risk ( R a) Maximum value of the risk that can be tolerated in the structure to be protected. Also referred to as acceptable risk, being the maximum value of risk acceptable based on community expectations. 1.5.52 Zone of protection The portion of space within which an object or structure is considered to be protected from a direct strike by an LPS.

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