Abstract An approach for computing the electrostatic charging of an aircraft flying in a soil dust cloud is discussed. This approach combines a semi-empirical equation obtained by flight test data, atmospheric dust particle concentrations obtained either by numerical weather forecasting models or in situ measurements, a vortex lattice-based aerodynamic simulation model, and the aerodynamic and inertial characteristics of soil dust particles. Application of the proposed approach showed that the aircraft acquires an equilibrium electrostatic charge in a matter of seconds. This means that the electrostatic charging of the aircraft due to soil dust is as important as any other source of electrostatic charging.


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    Title :

    Electrostatic charging of an aircraft due to airborne dust particles impacts


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    CEAS Aeronautical Journal ; 10 , 3 ; 903-908


    Publication date :

    2019-01-24


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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