Abstract
Electromagnetic responses of a metallic conical frustum cabin with one coaxial feeding monopole antenna, illuminated by an intentional electromagnetic pulse (IEMP), are studied in this paper. There are several slots on the cabin wall with different sizes and orientations. The mathematical treatment is based on novel hybrid finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, where coaxial feeding, transfer impedance coupling and thin wire antenna models are integrated together for handling such a complex three-dimensional (3D) composite structure. The revised antenna port coupling model is verified by comparing the calculated terminal voltage responses of the coaxial feeding cable with that of commercial CST Microwave Studio. Parametric studies are further carried out to show the variations of its terminal voltages for different IEMP waveforms, incident directions and polarizations.