| Abstract: | The TLM technique has been enhanced to allow the accurate modelling of EM diffusion through advanced composite material shells. This is a significant development owing to the rapidly increasing use of conducting composite materials in aerospace vehicle design. The accurate EM modelling of this class of materials is important for correct design of vehicles with regard to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Existing 3-D time-domain TLM models a non-perfectly conducting shell using a resistive sheet (or sheets) to simulate the surface. The results from this model are shown to be slightly inaccurate and require lengthy computer solution times. A separate 1-D, frequency-domain transmission-line model has been developed elsewhere to better analyse the diffusion properties of composite materials. The incorporation of the results from this frequency domain code into the 3-D time-domain TLM algorithm is outlined. |
