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DNB Capabilities & Facility Presentations |
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| Direct Effect Lightning Testing |
| DNB Engineering offers a full-service Direct Effect Lightning test facility in the heart of Southern California. Our custom built, state-of-the-art equipment generates all of the waveforms necessary to meet today’s stringent testing standards. DNB has been the industry’s leading expert in Induced Effects Lightning Testing for more than 25 years. We have now taken all of that expertise and developed a Direct Effect Lightning capability. |
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| High Current Physical Damage Testing on an aircraft antenna. Photo is the actual event. |
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Our Capabilities Include:
- High Voltage Attachment Testing
- Swept Channel Attachment Testing
- High Current Physical Damage Testing
- Structural Testing
- Component Testing
- Fuel System Testing
- Ignitable Mixture Test Method
- Photographic Test Method
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| Component B testing with a charge transfer of 10 coulombs. Photo is the actual event |
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We perform all Direct Effect Testing according to the following specifications or requirements:
- RTCA DO-160, Section 23
- SAE ARP5412, ARP5413, ARP5414, ARP5415, ARP5416
- SAE AE4L
- MIL-STD-1757 (T01, T02, T03, T04, T05)
- EUROCAE ED-14D, ED-105
- AC/AMJ20-53B, AS5830
- High Voltage Waveforms
- 1000kV/µs rise time
- 50 x 250 µs rise time
- 1.2 x 50 µs rise time
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Fully Functional Direct Strike Laboratory
- Component A, B, C, D
- 200KA Current component
- 3.0MV High Voltage test
- 3.0MV Marx Generator
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| Simulated Lightning Event |
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DNB Featured on the History Channel
DNB Engineering was featured on the History Channel show Modern Marvels. The episode was entitled “MOST SHOCKING”, which overviewed the benefits and dangers of HIGH VOLTAGE electricity. Our segment involved a discussion of our lightning test capabilities and the need to test aircraft components for lightning susceptibility. |
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