To build reasonable and accurate shielding failure model is of significance for enhancing the security of multi circuit transmission lines on the same tower, and then for the optimization of transmission tower structure, insulation configuration and transmission line design. Based on electro-geometric model and considering mutual screening effects among overhead ground wires and multi-layers of conductors and the influence of operating voltages on striking distance as well as such factors as incident angle of lightning, ground obliquity and variation of conductor sags, the line lightning resisting level for shielding failure is computed by EMTP, in the simulation the multi-wave impedance model is applied to transmission tower, the J. Mart model to transmission lines; to simulate lightning current and flashover process, the double exponential waveform and leader propagation method are utilized, thus a comprehensive model to calculate shielding failure of multi-circuit transmission lines