An Experimental Investigation of the Distribution of Current And Charge Induced on a Tubular Conducting Cylinder by an Electromagnetic Pulse

The distribution of current and charge induced on a tubular cylinder by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is investigated experimentally in the Harvard parallel-plate EMP simulator (HES). The pulse shapes of the current and charge induced on the surface of the cylinder are measured. After Fourier transforms of the observed pulse shapes are taken, the distributions of the several frequency components on the surface are obtained. The measured distribution of each frequency component is then compared with the theoretical distribution calculated using Kao's method.