AN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOMATIC WIDE RANGE INSTRUMENT TO MONITOR THE ELECTROSTATIC FIELD AT THE SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT

Abstract

A device has been constructed to monitor automatically the magnitude and polarity of electrostatic fields associated with an aircraft in flight. It is small, self-contained apart from an ancillary photographic recorder, and operates from the aircraft 400 Hz supply. Logarithmic amplifier techniques are used to accomodate the large signal range of 400 V/m to 300 kV/m.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0705023

Entities

People

  • G. A. Odam
  • R. H. Forrest

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplifiers
  • Atmospheric Electricity
  • Capacitance
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electrostatic Fields
  • Equations
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Impedance
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Logarithmic Amplifiers
  • Power Supplies
  • Resistance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design