Experimental investigations of possible physical mechanisms of interaction of lightning and thunderclouds with the nose radomes of aircrafts on models using artificial charged water aerosol cloud

Investigation of the influence of the type of the lightning diverter strip on the spectrum of electromagnetic interference on the antenna under the model of the nose radome of the aircraft by using an artificial thunderstorm cell

“…The effect of the lightning diverter stripe types on the spectrum of electromagnetic interference on the aircraft under-radome antenna was studied using models involving artificial negative-polarity thunderstorm cells at the experimental setup described in [9]. The nose radome models were fabricated from polyethylene-terephthalate in the form of the paraboloid of revolution.…”

“…Reverse" discharges might occur between the model antenna edge and radome shell under the action of charges deposited on the radome inner surface [9]. Typical oscilloscope records of current pulses of the discharge from the model solid lightning diverter stripe and interference signal induced on the model antenna jointly with the typical wavelet spectrum of the signal are presented in Figs.…”