Electra, An Electromagnetic Pulse FORTRAN Program (User's Guide).

Abstract

This report represents the partial results of an extensive technical program that began in January 1967 at the Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Center (MERDC), Fort Belvoir, Virginia. At that time, it was determined that a requirement existed, within the Army, to develop the capability to calculate the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) environment that is produced when a nuclear explosion occurs on or near the surface of the earth. The digital computer code ELECTRA represents, for the Army, the culmination of the first phase of the development of that capability. ELECTRA is a two-dimensional (two space dimensions and time) finite difference code for numerically integrating Maxwell's equations in the presence of an applied current density and a finitely conducting earth. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0868199

Entities

People

  • David L. Jones
  • Jeffrey A. Borbely

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Current Density
  • Digital Computers
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Mobility
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Two Dimensional
  • Virginia

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space