INDUCED FIELDS AND HEATING WITHIN A CRANIAL STRUCTURE IRRADIATED BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE,

Abstract

The induced fields and the static heating patterns within a multi-layered spherical model that approximates the primate cranial structure irradiated by plane waves in the microwave spectrum are calculated. The relation of the model to the biological structure and the sensitivity of the results to the uncertainties in the dimensions and electrical properties of biological material are investigated. A method of solution for both the scattered and interior fields for a sphere with an arbitrary number of electrically different concentric layers is developed in a form readily amenable to machine computation. It is shown that the semi-infinite slab model is inappropriate for calculating the microwave radiation dosage to the human head and similar structures. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712845

Entities

People

  • A. R. Shapiro
  • H. T. Yura
  • R. F. Lutomirski

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Computations
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineered Materials
  • Materials
  • Microwaves
  • Plane Waves
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiation Effects
  • Sensitivity
  • Spectra
  • Uncertainty
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.