Excitation of the Parallel-Plate Section of a Bounded-Wave EMP Simulator by a Conical Transmission Line.

Abstract

The excitation of a parallel-plate electromagnetic pulse (EMP) simulator by an electromagnetic pulse via a conical transmission line is analyzed. The analysis first establishes an exact formulation of the problem by use of the technique of electric-field integrodifferential equations. It then goes over to a simpler, approximate formulation in the form of an integrodifferential equation for the total longitudinal surface current flowing on the simulator. This equation is further transformed into an integral equation, and the model structure of its solution investigated. A self-consistent method for solving the integral equation is developed. An analytical formula for the current in the transverse-electromagnetic (TEM) mode is thereby obtained. The analysis concludes with a numerical study of the TEM current and its variation with the parameters of the simulator geometry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086812

Entities

People

  • J. Lam

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Charge Density
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Current Density
  • Discontinuities
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Integral Equations
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Transmission Lines
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering