Hydrodynamic interaction of ball lightning and unsteady air flows (Q1317817)

The paper treats a problem of a one-dimensional motion of a ball lightning in high-velocity air flows. It is supposed that lightning behaves like a nondeformable sphere in an ideal incompressible fluid. The flow around an aircraft is simulated by a simple system of hydrodynamic sources and sinks moving in a constant direction. Simulating the jet engine of an aircraft by means of dipole in an ideal flow, the author obtains some formulae for ball lightning motion in front and behind the aircraft. It seems that such an approach may be used only for rough analyses of ball lightning and aircraft hydrodynamic interaction.