Lightning Induced Voltages on a Rocket and its Exhaust Plume

Nayak, SK and Thomas, Joy M (2010) Lightning Induced Voltages on a Rocket and its Exhaust Plume. In: 2006 Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on ElectroMagnetic Interference and Compatibility INCEMIC, 23-24 Feb 2006, Bangalore.

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Abstract

A preliminary attempt has been made to study the time domain characteristics of the induced voltage and current on the rocket and its exhaust plume (ionized trail) when it is coupled with the transient electromagnetic field generated by a nearby lightning discharge. For the computation, finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique has been used where the object is assumed to be a finite vertical nonuniform transmission line above a perfectly conducting ground. It is seen that the amplitude of the first peak of the induced voltage and current at the mid point of the object is 23.5 kV and 4.9 kA respectively.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Keywords:	Lightning;Transient Electromagnetic Field,Rocket;Exhaust plume;FDTD;Induced voltage.
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > High Voltage Engineering (merged with EE)
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2011 09:07
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2011 09:07
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/42114

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