Lightning strike voltage testing (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Lightning strike voltage testing

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A wind turbine blade tip made using ORNL-developed carbon fiber emerged pristine when tested in a lab against high-voltage jolts of simulated lightning.

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Vipin Kumar/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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