UK testing facilities
Cardiff University Morgan-Botti Lightning Laboratory
Cardiff University
Pacific Road, Cardiff, CF24 5HL, Wales, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- EMC and electrical interference
- Inspection and failure analysis
- Electrical, power and batteries
Services
Controlled lightning direct-effects testing of structures, samples and aerospace components; lightning-protection research and test-method development; post-strike sample sectioning, microscopy, electron microscopy and EDX analysis; high-speed electrical, thermal and mechanical diagnostics during tests.
Equipment
Controlled lightning generation up to 200,000 A; B component 10 C at average 2 kA; C component 200 C at 200–800 A DC; D component peak current 100 kA with action integral at least 0.25×10^6 A²s within 500 µs; high-speed camera up to 775,000 fps; UV-visible and near-infrared spectrographs; current, voltage, pressure and temperature transducers.
Standards
The operator states diagnostics and test methods have relevance to international lightning test standards; no facility accreditation stated.
Contact
Email: clarkd@cardiff.ac.uk, stonect1@cardiff.ac.uk; Phone: +44 2920875070, +44 2922510723; Named contact: David Clark (Deputy / centre contact); Christopher Stone (Laboratory Manager; centre-wide contact)
Approximate location
CF24 5HL · Postcode area location