BERTHA - A Versatile Transmission Line and Circuit Code

Abstract

An improved version of the NRL transmission line code of W.H. Lupton is presented. The capabilities of the original program have been extended to allow magnetically insulated transmission lines, plasma opening switches, imploding plasma loads and discrete element electrical networks, for example, to be modeled. BERTHA can be used to simulate any system that can be represented by a configuration of transmission line elements. The electrical behavior of the system is calculated by repeatedly summing the reflected and transmitted waves at the ends of each element. This program is versatile, easy to use and easily implemented on desktop microcomputers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 21, 1983
Accession Number
ADA135024

Entities

People

  • David D. Hinshelwood

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Electrical Networks
  • Errors
  • Impedance
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • Personal Computers
  • Physics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pulsed Power
  • Resistance
  • Resistors
  • Rlc Circuits
  • Simulations
  • Standing Waves
  • Transmission Lines
  • Traveling Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics