EMP simulation and its impact on EMP testing
Abstract
The basic principles of EMP assessment are described. Some particular system is designed or defined to operate under exposure to some EMP criteria set. For each particular case under the EMP criteria set an individual criterion assessment can be performed. This requires the definition of an appropriate EMP simulation set, an individual simulation corresponding to an individual criterion. Since simulation is imperfect, a process of extrapolation is defined in order to correct the signals at failure ports under simulation conditions to a more accurate representation of criterion conditions, i.e., extrapolated conditions. The comparison between criteria-set response and extrapolation-set response is a measure of simulation quality.
- Publication:
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Electromagnetic Compatibility 1979
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979elco.proc..189B
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Compatibility;
- Electromagnetic Pulses;
- Electronic Equipment Tests;
- Extrapolation;
- Space Environment Simulation;
- Electromagnetic Scattering;
- High Altitude Environments;
- System Effectiveness;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Communications and Radar