A Simulated Lightning Effects Test Facility for Testing Live and Inert Missiles and Components

Abstract

Details of a simulated lightning effects test facility for testing live and inert missiles, motors, and explosive components is described. The test facility is designed to simulate the high current, continuing current, and high rate-of-rise current components of an idealized direct strike lightning waveform. The Lightning Test Facility has been in operation since May, 1988, and consists of three separate capacitor banks used to produce the lightning test components, a permanently fixed, large, steel safety cage for retaining the item under test should it be ignited during testing, an earth covered bunker housing the control/equipment room, a charge/discharge building containing the charging/discharging switching, a remotely located blockhouse from which the test personnel control hazardous testing, and interconnecting cables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 19, 1991
Accession Number
ADA254966

Entities

People

  • James A. Knaur
  • Jeffery D. Craven
  • Truman W. Moore Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cables
  • Capacitance
  • Capacitors
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electricity
  • Explosives
  • High Voltage
  • Lightning
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Power Supplies
  • Spark Gaps
  • Test Facilities
  • Transmission Lines
  • Voltage
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.