Application of Advanced Concepts and Techniques in Electromagnetic Topology Based Simulations: CRIPTE and Related Codes

This final technical report reviews our research activities during the period of this grant with an emphasis on some of the main finding during the research period. The key finding of our study is that the Electromagnetic Topology (EMT) simulation method is a viable option for analyzing the response of large electrical systems that are subjected to external electromagnetic fields. Simulations using a EMT domain code, CRIPTE, that was developed for AFRL/NM by the French defense contractor, ONERA, indicate that this simulation method can be applied to wave-aperture interactions, cable coupling, field penetration through apertures, field twisted pair interactions and many other known interaction phenomena. Since the EMT method does not require a simultaneous analysis of an entire geometry, but can be analyzed in a modular fashion, EMT techniques can be used to simulate the response of very large electrical systems. Simulations using the EMT code were verified through experiments in the Anechoic Chamber at the high power electromagnetic laboratory (HiPER) at the University of Missouri, Columbia.