Accession Number:

AD0753014

Title:

Electric Fields Generated by Symmetric Inward Emission of Electrons from Cylindrical and Spherical Shells.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Skeem,Marcus R.

Report Date:

1972-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83.0

Abstract:

Simple analytic models incorporating assumptions based on physical arguments are developed to calculate the electrostatic fields produced inside cylinders and spheres by internal electromagnetic pulses. Integral equations for the potentials in the cavities are derived from Poissons equation and energy conservation and are solved self-consistently for a representative energy spectrum. The numerical solutions are checked against analytic solutions in the limit of small space-charge effects and numerical results for the electrostatic potential, electric field, and charge density are presented.

Descriptors:

• (*ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS
• *SHELLS(STRUCTURAL FORMS))
• ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• SPACE CHARGE
• PHOTONS
• INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• VOLTAGE
• SPHERES
• CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE