The Transient Current Induced on a Conducting Cylinder by an EMP Plane Wave with Applications to Cable Driver Design.

Abstract

The current excited on an infinite perfectly conducting cylinder by an incident electromagnetic pulse plane wave is analyzed using Fourier transform techniques. Two methods, eigenfunction series solution and moment methods, are used independently to calculate the currents in the frequency domain. Time domain cylinder currents are found by inverse transforming the eigenfunction series results. These are computed at various aspects angles on the cylinder for three different cylinder sizes. The apparent rotational asymmetry and increase in rise time from the theoretical solution should be useful in improving cable driver design. A number of possible extensions of this problem are given together with an approach to correlate simulator and cable driver data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787292

Entities

People

  • Hugh W. Greene
  • J. Darryl Holder
  • Leonard L. Tsai

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetry
  • Eigenvectors
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Shift
  • Plane Waves
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Time Domain
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering