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7. Conclusions
The circumstances and consequences of an aircraft being struck by lightning are now well understood, even if the natural phenomenon still holds a few secrets that scientists are still working on. All it takes is for an aircraft to approach a thundercloud, in an area where the atmospheric electric field is sufficiently intense, for lightning to develop, usually triggered by the aircraft itself. Many frequent flyers, intensive users of air transport, have experienced an in-flight lightning strike whose minimal consequences, accompanied by reassuring comments from the crew, left them unconcerned. We have seen, however, that the safety provided by lightning protection is the result of taking lightning into account at every stage of aircraft design. Lightning certification consists in "hardening" the aircraft, its engines and all its systems against a lightning strike of a majorant level, which...
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Bibliography
Software tools
ALICE: ONERA's FDTD calculation code
ASERIS-FD: FDTD calculation code from EADS-France
TEMSI: FDTD calculation code from the University of Limoges
UGRFDTD: FDTD calculation code from the University of Granada
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Events
ICAE International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity http://www.icae2014.nwc.ou.edu
ICOLSE International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity http://www.icolse.us
Standards and norms
- Aircraft lightning environment and related test waveform standard - EUROCAE Document ED-84 - 1997
- Aircraft lightning zoning standard. amendment 2 - EUROCAE Document ED-91 - 2006
- Protection of aircraft fuel systems against fuel vapor ignition caused by lightning. document faa - Advisory Circular AC20-53B - 05-06
- Aircraft lightning direct effects certification - EUROCAE Document ED-113 - 09-02 ...
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AIRBUS http://www.airbus.com
Alenia-Aermacchi http://www.aleniaaermacchi.it
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