Lightning Simulator Circuit Parameters and Performance for Severe-Threat, High-Action-Integral Testing

摘要

The lightning simulator at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has been used to subject a number of DOE and military test items to severe levels of simulated lightning. This paper discusses some example circuits and circuit parameters related to tests made with this crowbarred Marx-generator-type simulator. Examples of fast-rising, high-peak, long-duration simulated lightning currents that have been produced into full-size test items are presented. Peak currents up to 250 kA with 1- mu s rise times and action values up to greater than 6 x 10 exp 6 A exp 2 S have been injected into various test systems. (ERA citation 09:026751)