Numerical Modeling for High-Power Microwave Propagation in Soil

Author

Tao Tang ; Bing-Zhong Wang

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Electron. & Sci. Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

13

fYear

2014

fDate

2014

Firstpage

1660

Lastpage

1662

Abstract

A theoretical investigation is presented for the physical phenomena of high-power microwave (HPM) propagation in soil. The soil resistivity will decrease due to the breakdown process caused by strong electric field of the HPM, and this process will in turn lead to dramatic attenuation of the HPM. The soil resistivity changes with time, which can be described by time-varying partial differential equations. Combined with the Maxwell equations, a model of HPM propagation in soil has been established, and numerical simulation has been made by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Finally, the physical processes of the HPM propagation in soil have been revealed by the numerical results.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; electric fields; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave propagation; partial differential equations; FDTD method; HPM propagation; Maxwell equations; electric field; finite-difference time-domain method; high-power microwave propagation; numerical modeling; physical phenomena; soil resistivity; time-varying partial differential equations; Conductivity; Finite difference methods; Grounding; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Soil; Time-domain analysis; Breakdown; finite-difference time-domain method; high-power microwave; propagation; soil resistivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2014.2348172

Filename

6879318