Lightning induced voltage on a rocket and its exhaust plume

Author

Nayak, S.K. ; Thomas, M. Joy

Author_Institution

Dept. of High Voltage Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India

fYear

2006

fDate

23-24 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

408

Abstract

A preliminary attempt has been made to study the time domain characteristics of the induced voltage and current on the rocket and its exhaust plume (ionized trail) when it is coupled with the transient electromagnetic field generated by a nearby lightning discharge. For the computation, finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique has been used where the object is assumed to be a finite vertical nonuniform transmission line above a perfectly conducting ground. It is seen that the amplitude of the first peak of the induced voltage and current at the mid point of the object is 23.5 kV and 4.9 kA respectively.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; finite difference time-domain analysis; lightning; rockets; transmission line theory; FDTD; current 4.9 kA; exhaust plume; finite difference time domain technique; finite vertical nonuniform transmission line; ionized trail; lightning discharge; lightning induced voltage; perfectly conducting ground; rocket; time domain characteristic; transient electromagnetic field; voltage 23.5 kV; Character generation; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic transients; Finite difference methods; Lightning; Optical coupling; Power system transients; Rockets; Voltage; Exhaust plume; FDTD; Induced voltage; Lightning; Rocket; Transient Electromagnetic Field;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ElectroMagnetic Interference and Compatibility (INCEMIC), 2006 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5203-3

Type

conf

Filename

5419739