Proceedings of Lightning and Static Electricity Conference Held in San Diego, California on 9-11 December 1970

Proceedings of Lightning and Static Electricity Conference Held in San Diego, California on 9-11 December 1970
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Total Pages: 316
Release: 1970
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Information is presented on lightning and static electricity phenomena from the standpoint of their relation to, and interaction with, aerospace vehicles and ground complexes. Interactions and the effects of lightning and static electricity on electrical, electronic, structural, static discharger systems and fly-by-wire systems of aerospace systems are described. The information presented is considered to be of interest to scientists and engineers in the fields of electronics, advanced composite materials and structures, and atmospheric electrical phenomena.

Introduction to Lightning and Other Electrostatic Phenomena

Introduction to Lightning and Other Electrostatic Phenomena
Author: Nixon A. Adams
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Total Pages: 60
Release: 1971
Genre: Atmosphere
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This technical report points out the importance of forecasters in the field understanding the basic physical principles of the lightning stroke, the lightning flash, and certain other electrostatic phenomena. Several varied theories on the creation of negative and positive charge centers on cumulo-nimbus clouds are presented by the author for the readers' consideration. The integral parts of a single lightning flash are covered in detail and the author furnishes a better insight to the lightning phenomenon than normally held by the weather forecasters in the field.