Simulation and Experimental Study of the Field Distribution of Engine for Electromagnetic Pulse

Abstract

The protection of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is important for aircraft due to vulnerable electronic equipments are installed. The control box of engine is also suffering from EMP and seldom studied. Meanwhile, most of work related to EMP protection focus on shielding design. Few works consider the effect of engine shell. The field distribution induced by EMP and its influences on the controller layout are unaddressed. This work will comprehensively investigate the field distribution characteristics of an engine under EMP, which is studied by simulating and experimenting methods. The transmission line matrix (TLM) is used to simulated field distribution of the bounded wave simulator and aero-engine, which provides better placement for equipment under test in the simulator. The field differences of bounded wave simulator and plane wave have been analyzed by using CST software. The feasibility of plane excitation instead of bounded wave simulator model excitation is checked, which has been verified by using the engine model. Then, the distribution characteristics of transverse and longitudinal fields surrounding the aero-engine are obtained, and the surface current distribution of the engine is also obtained in the simulation. The aero-engine simulation is excited by bounded wave simulator under CST software. According to the corresponding monitoring points, the simulated field distribution characteristics are verified by using the largely bounded wave simulator. Finally, the influence of field distribution on the layout of the engine electronic control system is analyzed, which provides a reference for the anti-electromagnetic pulse design of the engine electromagnetic controller.