ANALYSIS OF AZIMUTH-DEPENDENT CURRENT DIS TRIBUTION ON MOTOR-VEHICLE BODIES

The surface currents which form on a vehicle body when exposed to an e lectromagnetic wave are examined. First the underlying physical relati onships as present on a simple frame structure are analyzed by numeric simulation and an equivalent circuit. It is then shown that the compl ex shape of a motor vehicle can be described by the combination of sev eral frames. In addition, the simulated results obtained from a simple car model are compared with real test results.