Suppression of electrostatic radioelectric interference on aircraft
Abstract
The paper reviews the main effects of accumulation of electrostatic charge on aircraft. Some models for corona discharge and the antenna discharge coupling phenomenon are presented as well as some of the principal methods of suppressing radio electrical disturbances. The mathematical demonstration of coupling between an electric discharge and an antenna is reviewed and interpreted, and experimental methods for determining two key functions which appear in the analysis are presented. The characteristics of orthogonal decoupling dischargers and dischargers with multiple and independent discharges are summarized and types of antistatic protection of dielectric surfaces are defined.
- Publication:
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La Recherche Aerospatiale
- Pub Date:
- November 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979ReAeB.......21B
- Keywords:
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- Avionics;
- Circuit Protection;
- Electrostatics;
- Radio Frequency Interference;
- Aircraft Communication;
- Atmospheric Electricity;
- Electric Discharges;
- Radio Navigation;
- Communications and Radar