Abstract

A thin wire formalism has been previously implemented (R. Holland et al., 1981) in FDTD (finite-difference time-domain) code by introducing an in-cell inductance model of the wire. In the present work, a stability criterion is introduced for taking into account wires of radius less than or equal to half the cell size. To confirm the validity of this criterion, results obtained with the FDTD code ALICE for current injection are compared with the results of the code CRIPTE based on transmission line concepts. The application of the stability criterion has been useful for studying complex structures including a very dense set of internal wires. One example concerns the lightning strike of a helicopter in which wire bundles have been replaced by equivalent conductors having a diameter comparable to the cell size. >

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