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Lightning current detectorAn apparatus for measuring the intensity of current produced in an elongated electrical conductive member by a lightning strike for determining the intensity of the lightning strike is presented. The apparatus includes an elongated strip of magnetic material that is carried within an elongated tubular housing. A predetermined electrical signal is recorded along the length of said elongated strip of magnetic material. One end of the magnetic material is positioned closely adjacent to the electrically conductive member so that the magnetic field produced by current flowing through said electrically conductive member disturbs a portion of the recorded electrical signal directly proportional to the intensity of the lightning strike.
Document ID
19790006134
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Livermore, S. F. (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
September 5, 1978
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Accession Number
79N14305
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,112,357|NASA-CASE-KSC-11057-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-835544

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