Coupled electrothermal two-dimensional model for lightning strike prediction and thermal modeling using the TLM method

Elkalsh, Ahmed; Sewell, Phillip; Benson, Trevor M.; Vukovic, Ana

Abstract

This paper presents a fully coupled two-dimensional (2-D) multiphysics model for predicting the location of the arc discharge and lightning channel, and modeling its thermal and electrical behavior as a highly conductive plasma channel. The model makes no assumptions on the physical location of the lightning channel but predicts its appearance purely from the electromagnetic (EM) field conditions. A heat diffusion model is combined with the time-varying nature of the EM problem where material properties switch from linear air material to a dispersive and nonlinear plasma channel. This multiphysics model is checked for self-consistency, stability, accuracy, and convergence on a canonical case where an arc channel is established between two metal electrodes upon exposure to an intensive electric field. The model is then applied to the 2-D study of a diverter strip for aircraft lightning protection.

Citation

Elkalsh, A., Sewell, P., Benson, T. M., & Vukovic, A. (2017). Coupled electrothermal two-dimensional model for lightning strike prediction and thermal modeling using the TLM method. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, 2, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1109/JMMCT.2017.2683066

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2017
• Publication Date: Mar 15, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: May 12, 2017
• Journal: IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques
• Electronic ISSN: 2379-8815
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 38-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JMMCT.2017.2683066
• Keywords: Plasmas, Atmospheric modeling, Time-domain analysis, Lightning, Numerical models, Time-varying systems, Computational modeling, Arc discharge, Electromagnetics (EMs), Lightning, Multiphysics modelling, Plasma, Thermal model, Thermally dependent electrical
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/850353
• Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7879155/
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• Contract Date: May 12, 2017