Experimental transient electromagnetic field measurements were performed on a Transall C160 aircraft during in-flight lightning strikes. The data allow a test of the predictive capabilities of a three dimensional time domain finite difference code (ALICE) developed at ONERA in order to investigate lightning-aircraft interactions. Using a transfer function technique in the 3D code, it is shown that a bi-leader attached to an aircraft can be simulated by a linear model, and so the electromagnetic fields can be calculated anywhere on the vehicle. Comparison of experimental and numerical results were made for several lightning strikes. Skin current density and electromagnetic field distributions are discussed in detail.


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    Title :

    FD-TD numerical simulation of an entire lightning strike on the C160 aircraft


    Contributors:
    Alliot, J. C. (author) / Grando, J. (author) / Muller, J. D. (author) / Ferrieres, X. (author)


    Publication date :

    1991-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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