Colominas, IgnasiGómez Calviño, JavierNavarrina, FermínCasteleiro, Manuel2005-12-052005-12-052000De Roeck, G. and Topping, B.H.V. (eds.). Computational civil and structural engineering, p. 209-2160-948749-73-3http://hdl.handle.net/2183/368Fifth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, in Leuven, Belgium, 6-8 September, 2000[Abstract] The safety of the persons, the protection of the equipment and the continuity of the power supply are the main objectives of the grounding system of a large electrical installation. For its accurate design, it is essential to determine the potential distribution on earth surface and the equivalent resistance of the system. In this paper, we present a numerical approach based on the Boundary Element method for grounding analysis in layered soils. The feasibility of this formulation is discussed with its application to a real grounding system embedded in different kinds of layered soil models.application/pdftext/plainengconference outputopen access