A Computer Model Predicting the Thermal Response to Microwave Radiation

Abstract

This paper describes a method of computing the thermal response of an autothermally regulated body such as a biological body to a source of microwave radiation. The description of this computer program is divided into five parts. It includes (1) a discussion of the symbols (and their units) used in developing the solution, (2) the induced electromagnetic field distribute and the power density distribution that represents the source term for the heat transfer problem, (3) the modified heat operator eigenvalues and eigenfunctions associated with a Newton cooling law boundary condition, (4) the computation of temperature excursions induced by microwave radiation including complex pulse heating schemes, and (5) a discussion of the spreading of temperature distributions with time in three types of simulated biological structures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADB071126

Entities

People

  • Arthur G. Cryer
  • David K. Cohoon
  • David R. Lyons
  • Earl L. Bell
  • John W. Penn

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programs
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Heat Transfer
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Radiation
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)