Modeling the Effects of Lightning on Electrical Equipment.

Abstract

A model is developed for computing the safety and reliability of electrical equipment in a lightning environment. The model specifies the parameters of lightning that are pertinent in causing damage to equipment. The report indicates how the model is to be used for testing equipment to determine failure levels. Using these failure levels, it also shows how to compute the actual safety and reliability to be expected in field use, where lightning is a threat. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA064591

Entities

People

  • Daniel Waxler

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equations
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Lightning
  • Magnetic Forces
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Semiconductors
  • Static Electricity
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Thunderstorms
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design