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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2003.31.9.110

The Lightning Effects on Aircraft and Certification  

Han,Sang-Ho (한국항공우주연구원)
Lee,Jong-Hui (한국항공우주연구원)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.31, no.9, 2003 , pp. 110-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the wooden aircraft in the early times has no way to let lightning flow when lighting flash attaches during flight, the aircraft got damage, or caught fire. Though all metal airplane was developed with an advent of aluminum, a lightning accident still occurred including a fire of a fuel tanks. Eventually, NACA declared problems in 1938, and an artificial lightning test began. III succession, FAA established Airworthiness Requirements for certification. The FAA committed test measures study for the protection of an airplane from lightning to SAE. SAE presented the test current and voltage waveforms that simulating natural lightning, and it is utilized on lightning protection certification of an airplane by public. A lightning effects of an airplane through an analysis of lightning mechanism was made in this technical note. Especially, lightning direct effects on aircraft are analyzed and lightning strike zones are described.
Keywords
Lightning Flash; Lightning Strike Zones; Stepped Leader; Dart Leader; Return Stroke;
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