Passive Shielding for Low Frequency Magnetic Films.
Abstract
Report developed under SBIR Contract. An approach to low frequency shielding is shown with application to suppression of electromagnetic fields emanating from rail gun barrels and power cable busses. Damaskos, Inc.'s Thin-Shield materials are applied to a scaled electric gun barrel as continuous unbroken coatings that are directly deposited onto the barrel and as planar coatings that are wrapped around the barrel. Significant attenuations are observed in both cases. Shielding effectiveness of the order of 30 dB was measured from 10 Hz to 1000 Hz and above. An analysis in cylindrical coordinates confirms the qualitative behavior of observed near field shielding effectiveness for non-magnetic coating. Further refinement of the numerical computation is required to model a magnetic coating. Recommendations are offered for further development and scaled up demonstrations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 30, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA327847
Entities
People
- Benuel J. Kelsall
- Mark A. Smoot
- Nickander J. Damaskos