Analysis of the effects of a pulsed electromagnetic field on the dynamic response of electrically conductive composites

The effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on the dynamic mechanical response of electrically conductive anisotropic plates are studied. The analysis is based on the simultaneous solving of the system of nonlinear partial differential equations that include equations of motion and Maxwell’s equations. Physics-based hypotheses for electro-magneto-mechanical coupling in anisotropic composite plates and dimension reduction solution procedures for the nonlinear system of the governing equations are presented. A numerical solution procedure for the resulting two-dimensional nonlinear system of the governing equations has been developed and consists of the sequential application of time and spatial integration and quasilinearization. The developed methodology is applied to the problem of the dynamic response of a long current-carrying unidirectional carbon fiber polymer matrix composite plate subjected to transverse impact load and in-plane pulsed electromagnetic load. The interacting effects of the pulsed electric current, external magnetic field, and mechanical load are studied.