Abstract:
In this paper we review a new electric charge based
circuit model for studying aircraft-lightning electrodynamics and
its application to an aircraft taking off or landing. As commercial
and military aircraft continue to be subject to direct lightning
flashes, there is a great need to characterize correctly the
electrical currents and electric potential fluctuations on an
aircraft to determine alternative design approaches to
minimizing the severity of the lightning-aircraft dynamics.
Moreover, with the increased severity of thunderstorms due to
global warming, the need arises even more to predict and
quantify electrical characteristics of the lightning-aircraft
electrodynamics, which is normally not measurable, using a
reliable electric model of the aircraft. Such a model is advanced
here.
