During a lightning strike to an aircraft in flight, the lightning channel gets deformed in the airflow and displaced along the aircraft, a so-called swept stroke. The deformation and the displacement are caused by the interaction between the aerodynamic flow and the plasma properties of the channel together with the properties of the surface. The authors give a theoretical analysis and a numerical modelling of the swept-stroke processes. Some numerical simulations of the swept stroke are presented and the results are compared with existing experimental data with satisfying agreement.
The lightning swept stroke along an aircraft in flight. Part II: numerical simulations of the complete process
Der an einem fliegenden Flugzeug verschobene Blitz. Teil II: Numerische Simulationen des Gesamtprozesses
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics ; 33 , 15 ; 1876-1883
2000
8 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 15 Quellen
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English
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