Integrated Grounding and Bonding Practices in Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Facilities

Abstract

Command, control, communications,and intelligence (C3I) facilities are essential to the nation's defense system. These facilities must operate reliably while maintaining electrical safety, surviving lightning, controlling electromagnetic interference, maintaining signal security, and retaining immunity against an electromagnetic pulse event. Proper grounding and bonding are essential to highly reliable operation. This research defined the C3I facility in terms of its necessary elements, identified the grounding and bonding requirements imposed by various electrical/electromagnetic environments, and developed a set of grounding and bonding practices for generic facilities. Existing C3I facilities were visited and analyzed to determine the degree of conformance with the practices recommended in this report. Procedures appropriate to the particular sites are presented; however, the procedures are applicable to other sites as well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202085

Entities

People

  • Hugh W. Denny
  • Jimmy A. Woody
  • Ray G. Mccormack
  • Timothy G. Shands

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Data Transmission
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Interference
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Shielding
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Lightning Protection
  • National Security
  • Power Distribution
  • Processing Equipment
  • Signal Processing
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control