DocumentCode :
1217606
Title :
Army-Navy Precipitation-Static Project: Part V-The High-Voltage Characteristics of Aircraft in Flight
Author :
Gunn, Ross ; Parker, James P.
Author_Institution :
United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
Volume :
34
Issue :
5
fYear :
1946
fDate :
5/1/1946 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
241
Lastpage :
247
Abstract :
The important high-voltage electrical characteristics of aircraft in flight are determined from (a) flight operations in precipitation areas; (b) flight operations using a new artificial charger to electrify the airplane in flight; (c) high-voltage experiments on the airplane supported in a giant hangar; and (d) theoretical analysis. It is shown how the fundamental electrical constants of the airplane may be approximately determined and how these may be used to forecast the high-voltage behavior of a flying aircraft. It is shown that, at a given altitude, the current I discharged by an airplane in flight is of the form I = AE + B(E2-E02) where E is the magnitude of the electric field as measured on the belly and A, B and E0are constants. The electrical capacitance of an aircraft in flight is about 20 per cent of the wing span expressed in centimeters.
Keywords :
Airplanes; Capacitance; Current measurement; Electric variables; Electric variables measurement; Electrostatic measurements; Laboratories; Load forecasting; Military aircraft; Voltage;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0096-8390
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JRPROC.1946.234566
Filename :
1697060
Link To Document :
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