Modeling and simulation methods to assess EM terrorism effects

Author

Ianoz, M. ; Wipf, H.

Author_Institution

Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

High power microwave (HPM) and ultra wide band (UWB) sources can represent a threat for the sensitive equipment of various military and civil targets. The paper focuses on effects on aircraft and discusses the modeling possibilities available today to estimate such a threat for modern airplanes. An evaluation of voltages at the input of electronics, based on measured attenuations of a HPM field in a cavity and induced voltages in the wiring of a car which can be considered as being similar to the structure of an airplane cabling, is presented. This estimation shows the potential danger for the electronics submitted to a low level HPM

Keywords

aircraft; electromagnetic interference; electronic warfare; microwaves; EM terrorism effects assessment; aircraft; civil targets; high power microwave sources; military targets; modern airplanes; threat estimation; ultra wide band sources; Aerospace electronics; Airplanes; Attenuation measurement; Microwave devices; Military aircraft; Military equipment; Terrorism; Ultra wideband technology; Voltage; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Electromagnetics, 2000. CEEM 2000. Proceedings. Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0420-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEEM.2000.853886

Filename

853886