A Historical Perspective of System-Level TDFD EME Simulation

Computational electromagnetics (CEM) and particularly the time domain finite difference method (TDFD), began to be used for system-level simulations of electromagnetic effects (EME) in the 1970's. From that time until now, there have been dramatic advances resulting in large capability growth with simultaneous reductions in computing cost. The net result is that the TDFD method can form the core of a powerful simulation capability, useful for virtual EME system-level verification and demonstration.