Structural Barrier Electromagnetic Effects Modeling and Simulation

The phenomenological study of magnetic, electric and electromagnetic field interactions with barrier structures and materials is important to understand from the standpoint of designing for the effects of stray magnetic and electric fields on sensitive electronic equipment for evolving aircraft applications to advanced sensors and systems for urban warfare. Northrop Grumman integrated systems eastern region (ISER) has developed a world-class, robust and validated electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) modeling and simulation (M&S) capability and has performed preliminary M&S of various barrier structures to gain an initial understanding of the phenomenology which must be used as a systems design tool, to design realistic and meaningful test/validation experiments, as well as to validate experimental results for a range of parametric barrier structural enclosures and architectures. ISER is using fundamental, first principal electromagnetic modeling tools, as well as unique hybrids of these phenomenological descriptions, to accurately describe E, H, and RF propagation through complex media/barrier structures. These M&S tools, coupled with laboratory validation measurements, are being used to establish key metrics and performance parameters of individual as well as networked configurations. This presentation will review very basic to more complicated electromagnetic wave/barrier interactions.