2011 International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity

Outline Programme

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Time

Monday 5th September 2011

16.00

Registration desk opens

18.30

Registration desk closes

 

Time

Tuesday 6th September 2011

08.15

Registration desk opens

09.00

Welcome and Opening Address
Location: Conference Suite

10.00

Coffee

Location

Room 1

Room 2

10.30 - 12.00

Session 1a
Lightning Mapping &
database of incidents

Session 1b
FAR 25.981 Concerns &
fuel tank testing

 

U. D. Joshi
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose College
Shrinivas Aundhkar

MGM's Centre for
Astronomy & Space Technology

'Determination of Lightning Striking Density in Central part of India region using GIS'

Victor Sellwood
Ralph Eyre-Walker

(Presented by Andrew Stephens)
EA Technology

‘The provision of a real-time lightning location system with flexible data communications’

Roisin McConnell

Queens University, Belfast
'Development of a Lightning Strike Database for Aircraft'

Billy Martin
Cessna ( presented by J A Plumer(LTI))
'Current status of SAE AE-2/Eurocae Committees'

Billy Martin
Cessna ( presented by J A Plumer(LTI))
'Part 25 Fuel Tank Structure Lightning Protection Policy'

Stephen Haigh
Cobham Technical Services
Howard Simpson
Airbus Operations Ltd
Bob Malia
formerly of Airbus Operations Ltd

'Lightning Testing to a NACA vent assembly’

12.00 - 13.15

Lunch

13.15 - 14.45

Session 2a
In-Flight data

Session 2b
Fuel Tanks; ESD & Lightning

 

Jay Ely
NASA Langley Research Center
'Aircraft Lightning Electromagnetic Environment Measurement'

Alte de Boer
NLR
‘In-flight Lightning Damage Assessment System (ILDAS): Initial in-flight lightning tests and improvement of the numerical methods (part I)’

Gilles Perez
EADS
‘In-flight Lightning Damage Assessment System (ILDAS): Initial in-flight lightning tests and improvement of the numerical methods (part II)’

Gilles Peres
EADS

‘Electrostatic Field Distribution Inside Fuel Tank During Refueling’

Tayyar
Onal
TAI Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc

‘Lightning Protection Design and Testing Methodology for an Air-to-Air Refuelling System Pipework’

Ronald Beuter
Parker Hannifin

'Thermal Transients'

14.45 - 15.15

Coffee

15.15 - 16.45

Session 3a
Zoning and Induced effects

Session 3b
Fuel Tanks; Joints and fasteners

 

Philipe Lalande
ONERA

‘Zoning and Sweeping Model’

Matthew A Williams

The Boeing Company
'Alternate Lightning Attachment Zoning Model Test Method'

Ni Youyuan
Chen Rongbao
School of Electrical Engineering & Automatation, Heifei University of Technology
Duan Zemin
Hu Zuwei

Hefei Hang Tai Electrophysics Technology Ltd

'Lightning Effects Research of a Pitot Probe System of Aircraft'

Daniel J. Kovach
Andrew M. Robb

The Boeing Company

'A Novel Method for Direct Measurement of Current Flows in Fastener Arrays’

Carol E. Anway
Arthur C. Day
John T. Geis

The Boeing Company

‘Contact Resistance in Carbon Fiber Composite Materials as a Function of Force’

Stephanie Hellsten

EADS

‘On the study of lightning current flowing through T-joint fasteners’

Drinks reception at Museum of the History of Science

 

Time

Wednesday 7th September 2011

08.15

Registration desk opens

Location

Room 1

Room 2

9.00 - 10.30

Session 4a
Wind Turbines

Session 4b
Fuel Tanks; Joints & fasteners

 

Søren Madsen
Testinglab Denmark

‘Current distribution and magnetic fields in complex structures using FEM method’

Kim Bertelsen
TestingLab Denmark

‘Current distribution verification during impulse current tests’

Paul Duxbury
CST UK

‘Modelling the Thermal and Cable Coupling Effects of Lightning Strikes to Wind Turbines’

Hasim Mulazimoglu
Alcoa Fastening Systems

‘Recent developments in techniques to minimize lightning current arcing between fasteners and composite structure’

Liang Zeng
Luke Haylock

Alcoa Fastening Systems

‘High conductivity with low friction dry film based coating containing carbon nano-tube for aerospace fasteners applications’

Phillippe Tuelet

Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d’Energie, Toulouse

‘Calculation of the pressure build-up around a fastener due to sparking’

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee

11.00 - 12.30

Session 5a
Induced effects

Session 5b
Wind Turbines and other ground-based Installations

 

Frank E. Lenning
Donald K. Dabelstein
The Boeing Company
'A method to Bound Non-Causal Responses in LLCW Test Measurements'

Emmanuel Perrin
Dassault
'Merging Design of Experiments approach and FDTD Models to compute lightning coupling effects'

Fabrice Tristant

Dassault
'Lightning indirect effects in composite fuel tank'

Søren Madsen
Testinglab Denmark

‘Life time wearing of attachment points, using extended charge levels during impulse current tests’

Eko Yudo Pramono
PT PLN
Reynaldo Zoro
School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
‘Evaluation of Lightning Performance of Extra High Voltage 500 kV Transmission Lines Using Lightning Current Characteristic’

Ivan Revel

EADS
‘Lightning control using femtosecond lasers’

12.30 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 15.15

Session 6a
Induced effects

Session 6b
Fuel Tanks: hot spots and edge glow

 

Andy Plumer
Lightning Technologies Inc
'Lightning System Functional Upset Testing Using Simultaneous Injection Into Multiple Cables'

Hiroyuki Tsubata

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd

‘The Analytical Method of Lightning and Electrostatic Charge Protection for the Aircrafts’

Andrew M. Robb
Emma Kettenring

The Boeing Company
'A Simple and Cost Effective Method for Transient Protection of High Frequency Lines using Polymer Suppression Devices and Gas Discharge Tubes'

Nobuyuki Kamihara
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd

‘A Study of Edge-glow Generation Mechanism with respect to Effect of CFRP Ply Pattern’

Art Day
Michelle Ly
Thu Nguyen
Svetsellen Sandoval

The Boeing Company

‘Thermal imaging and analysis of lightning hotspots’

E. Kwon
The Boeing Company
'An Improved Flammable Test Mixture for Ignition Source Detection'

15.15 - 15.45

Coffee

 

Session 7a
15.30 - 17:30

Session 7b Open Forum
15.45 - 17.15

  Visit to Cobham Lightning Testing Donald K. Dabelstein
Kari Stromsland
Theresa Nguyen
Justin Morrill
The Boeing Company
‘Composite Sparking and Scale Up of Test Results’

Open forum on ARP5416/ED105 test methods,
Fuel testing, digital photography, spark sources

Conference Dinner Exeter College
19.00 pre dinner drinks
19.30 dinner etc

 

Time

Thursday 8th September 2011

08.15

Registration desk opens

Location

Room 1

Room 2

9.00 - 10.30

Session 8a
Test standards

Session 8b
Direct effects testing

 

Frank Lenning
The Boeing Company

‘Alternate Lightning Threat Waveforms for analysis’

Duan Zemin
Li Lei
Hu Zuwei

Hefei Hang Tai Electrophysics Technology Ltd
Ni Youyuan
School of Electrical Engineering & Automatation,
Heifei University of Technology

‘Lightning Indirect Tests for Aircraft J-6 with Different Return Conductor Arrangements’

Simeon Earle
BAE SYSTEMS
'Waveforms'

Daniel Kovach
The Boeing Company
'Towards a Universal Common Practice Guide for Lightning Damage Testing of Composites '

Yulia Kostogorava-Belle
National Institute for Aviation Research

‘Influence of High Current Densities on Electrical Response of CFC and CFC-LSP Materials’

Yulia Kostogorava-Belle
National Institute for Aviation Research

‘Resistance of Sheet Aluminum to Damage Caused by DC Arcs’

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee

11.00 - 12.30

Session 9a
Test hardware

Session 9b
Direct effects; mechanical forces

 

Chris Andrews
Brisbane, Australia
'The origins of remote symptoms in electrical and lightning injuries: an attempt at explanation and a hypothesis for testing'

P Leichauer
Cardiff University
‘Silicon switching in trailing component generators'

Truong Nguyen
'Fibre Optic Sensor for aircraft lightning current measurement'

Andrea Villa
Roberto Malgesini
Luca Barbieri

Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico RSE, Italy,

‘Estimation of the mechanical forces due to lightning impact’

Bruno Lepetit
C. Escure
S. Guinard
I. Revel
G. Peres
Y. Duval

EADS

‘Thermo-mechanical effects induced by lightning on carbon fiber composite materials’

Frederic Lago

DGA France

‘Measurement by a digital image correlation technique of the deflection of panels submitted to lightning pulse currents’

12.30 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 16.15

Session 10a
Induced effects

Session 10b
Direct effects; modelling

 

Alex Meakins
Cobham Technical Services
‘Linearity study in CFC wing'

Rhys Phillips

EADS

(Presented by Alex Meakins, Cobham CTS)
‘The effect of metallic raceways on carbon-fibre wings ’

Andrew M. Robb
The Boeing Company

‘Hardening of COTS Digital Video Interface (DVI) Devices against Lightning Indirect Effects’

Simon Evans
EADS

‘A review of computational modelling tools for lightning direct effects simulation’

Richard Chippendale
Southampton University

‘Effects of different components of a lightning strike waveform on the heating of different material: Aluminium Alloys vs. Carbon Fibre Composites (CFCs)’

Richard Chippendale
Southampton University

‘Numerical Modelling of the Damage Caused by a Lightning Strike to Carbon Fibre Composites’

16.15 - 16.45

Coffee

Closing Session
Location: Conference Suite

 

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