Numerical Evaluation of Human Body Near Field Exposure to a Vehicular Antenna for Military Applications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of electromagnetic (EM) technologies for military applications is gaining increasing interest to satisfy different operational needs, such as improving battlefield communications or jamming counterpart's signals. This is achieved by the use of high-power EM waves in several frequency bands (e.g., HF, VHF, and UHF). When considering military vehicles, several antennas are present in close proximity to the crew personnel, which are thus potentially exposed to high EM fields.

Methods

A typical exposure scenario was reproduced numerically to evaluate the EM exposure of the human body in the presence of an HF vehicular antenna (2-30 MHz). The antenna was modeled as a monopole connected to a 3D polygonal structure representing the vehicle. Both the EM field leve

SUBMITTER: Colella M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851057 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature