• DocumentCode
    872086
  • Title

    An Improved Method for Calculating the Quasi-Static EMP

  • Author

    Downey, James R. ; Erkkila, John H.

  • Author_Institution
    Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    4546
  • Lastpage
    4551
  • Abstract
    A new time-independent numerical method is used to determine the late-time electromagnetic pulse (EMP) resulting from a surface nuclear burst. Completely arbitrary source terms are employed and the non-linear dependence of the air chemistry and air conductivity parameters on the electric field strength is incorporated into the solutions. Comparisons are made with previous analytic expressions. In addition, a parametric study is presented.
  • Keywords
    Chemical technology; Chemistry; Closed-form solution; Conductivity; EMP radiation effects; Earth; Equations; Erbium; Explosions; Polynomials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4333168
  • Filename
    4333168