Modeling of an EMP simulator using a 3-D FDTD code

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Sharma, Deepti ^a   Chaturvedi, Shashank ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bounded wave; Electromagnetic interference (EMI); Electromagnetic pulse (EMP); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Prepulse; Transverse electromagnetic (TEM)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CAPACITIVE COUPLING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE;

EID: 0037609416     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2003.810190     Document Type: Article

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