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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/JKSAS.2016.44.12.1071

Computational Simulation of Lightning Strike on Aircraft and Design of Lightning Protection System  

Kim, Jong-Jun (Department of Aerospace and Software Engineering and Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology, Gyeongsang National University)
Baek, Sang-Tae (Agency for Defense Development)
Song, Dong-Geon (Department of Aerospace and Software Engineering and Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology, Gyeongsang National University)
Myong, Rho-Shin (Department of Aerospace and Software Engineering and Research Center for Aircraft Parts Technology, Gyeongsang National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences / v.44, no.12, 2016 , pp. 1071-1086 More about this Journal
Abstract
The safety of aircraft can be threatened by environmental factors, such as icing, turbulence, and lightning strike. Due to its adverse effects on aircraft structure and electronic components of aircraft, lightning strike is one of the biggest hazards on aircraft safety. Lightning strike can inject high voltage electric current to the aircraft, which may generate strong magnetic field and extreme hot spots, leading to severe damage of structure or other equipment in aircraft. In this work, mechanism of lightning strike and associated direct and indirect effects of lightning on aircraft were studied. First, on the basis of aircraft lightning regulations provided by Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP), we considered different lightning waveform and zones of an aircraft. A coupled thermal-electrical computational model of ABAQUS was then used for simulating flow of heat and electric current caused by a lightning strike. A study on fuel tank, with and without lightning protection system, was also conducted using the computational model. Finally, electric current flow on two full scale airframes was analyzed using the EMA3D code.
Keywords
Aircraft Lightning; Lightning Effect; Simulation; Lightning Protection System(LPS);
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