Measured Response of a Metallic Cylinder with Trailing Wire to Broadside Electromagnetic Fields

Abstract

This paper presents surface current data measured on cylinders exposed to unipolar electromagnetic fields. The fields were incident perpendicular to the axis of the cylinders. The paper also presents data measured when a long wire was attached to a cylinder, simulating a trailing wire antenna. Changes in the attachment point of the wire only caused small changes in the current except when the wire was attached close to the sensor.