The design of a lightning attachment simulator

Author

Douglas, C. ; Feist, J. ; Loerzel, G. ; Nelson, R. ; Glower, J. ; Jorgenson, J. ; Heather, F.

Author_Institution

Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

640

Abstract

When lightning strikes an airplane, it generally attaches to a leading edge such as the nose, wing tips, forward part of a vertical tail, or some other leading edge protrusion and leaves via a sharp trailing edge such as the rear wing tip or tail. In order to clearly visualize this phenomena, a lightning attachment simulator was designed and constructed by students at North Dakota State University for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. This paper describes the design and development of the simulator

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft; digital simulation; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic interference; lightning; EMI filter; Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division; North Dakota State University; airplane; induced electromagnetic effects; leading edge; lightning attachment simulator design; nose; rear wing tip; trailing edge; vertical tail; wing tips; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Airplanes; Lightning; Military aircraft; Nose; Power supplies; Probes; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5057-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.1999.810092

Filename

810092