analysis of large electromagnetic pulse simulators using the electric field integral equation method in time domain

a time-domain approach is presented to calculate electromagnetic fields inside a large electromagnetic pulse (emp) simulator. this type of emp simulator is used for studying the effect of electromagnetic pulses on electrical apparatus in various structures such as vehicles, a reoplanes, etc. the simulator consists of three planar transmission lines. to solve the problem, we first model the metallic structure of the simulator as a grid of conducting wires. the numerical solution of the governing electric field integral equation is then obtained using the method of moments in time domain. to demonstrate the accuracy of the model, we consider a typical emp simulator. the comparison of our results with those obtained experimentally in the literature validates the model introduced in this paper.