The argument for a unified approach to non-ionizing radiation protection

Conference · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:7125254

Perala, R A; Rigden, G J ^[1]; Pfeffer, R A ^[2]

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1. Electro Magnetic Applications, Inc., Lakewood, CO (United States)
2. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency, Springfield, VA (United States)

In the next decade military equipment will be required to operate in severe electromagnetic environments. These environments are expected to contain most non-ionizing frequencies (D.C. to GHz), from hostile and/or non-hostile sources, and be severe enough to cause temporary upset or even catastrophic failure of electronic equipment. Over the past thirty years considerable emphasis has been placed on hardening critical systems to one or more of these non-ionizing radiation environments, the most prevalent being the nuclear-induced electromagnetic pulse (EMD). From this technology development there has evolved a hardening philosophy that applies to most of these non-ionizing radiation environments. The philosophy, which stresses the application of zonal shields plus penetration protection, can provide low-cost hardening against such diverse non-ionizing radiation as p-static, lightning, electromagnetic interference (EMI), EMP, high intensity radiated fields (HIRF), electromagnetic radiation (EMR), and high power microwaves (HPM). The objective in this paper is to describe the application of this philosophy to Army helicopters. The authors develop a unified specification complete with threat definitions and test methods which illustrates integration of EMP, lightning, and HIRF at the box qualification level. This paper is a summary of the effort documented in a cited reference.

• OSTI ID: 7125254
• Report Number(s): CONF-930704-; CODEN: IETNAE
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 40:6Pt1; Conference: NSREC '93: international nuclear and space radiation effects conference, Snowbird, UT (United States), 19-23 Jul 1993; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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