Lightning Protection Guidelines for Aerospace Vehicles

NASA/TM-209734, Goodloe, C.C., Lightning Protection Guidelines for Aerospace Vehicles, System Analysis and Integration Laboratory, Science and Engineering Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, May 1999, pp. 48, Format(s): PDF 5857k

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This technical memorandum provides lightning protection engineering guidelines and technical procedures used by the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Electromagnetics and Aerospace Environments Branch for aerospace vehicles. The overviews illustrate the technical support available to project managers, chief engineers, and design engineers to ensure that aerospace vehicles managed by MSFC are adequately protected from direct and indirect effects of lightning. Generic descriptions of the lightning environment and vehicle protection technical processes are presented. More specific aerospace vehicle requirements for lightning protection design, performance, and interface characteristics are available upon request to the MSFC Electromagnetics and Aerospace Environments Branch, mail code EL23

Keywords:	lightning environment, lightning protection, waveforms, direct and indirect effects, strike zones
Subjects:	Astronautics: Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
ID Code:	500
Deposited On:	24 July 2002