Title :
Lightning-induced currents in people with prostheses (A study using the 3D-TLM method)
Author :
Leandro, Alcides ; Ganime, Plínio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Brasilia (UnB), Brasilia, Brazil
fDate :
Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
With the application of the rigorous method of Transmission-Line Modeling (TLM), this paper investigates induced currents and their effects on the human bodies with prostheses, due to lightning. The propagation of electromagnetic fields and subsequent scattering in the three-dimensional modeled space was on metallic prostheses enveloped body tissue.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biomagnetism; electromagnetic fields; lightning; prosthetics; 3D-TLM method; body tissue; electromagnetic field propagation; lightning induced currents; metallic prostheses; transmission line modeling; Bones; Computational modeling; Lightning; Numerical models; Prosthetics; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Electromagnetic Fields; Induced Currents; Lightning; Prostheses; TLM;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1662-1
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169340
