Comparative EMP Design Practices

A la rg e amount o f e f f o r t is devoted to the hardening o f systems aga in s t various e f f e c t s . The nuclear electrom agnetic pulse (EMP) creates p o t e n t i a l l y severe p ro te c t io n problems in hardening against electrom agnetic e f f e c t s . Each hardening e f f o r t is u su a l ly supported through development o r a p p l ic a t io n o f sets o f r u le s , p r a c t ic e s , c o n s tr a in ts , e t c . , which a id in decision-making throughout the design process. Several excerpts from a few sets o f EMP design ru le s and p ra c t ic e s taken from r e l a t i v e l y independent sources are presented f o r comparison o f es s en t ia l fe a tu re s and mode o f expression. A general o b je c t iv e is to c l a r i f y some o f the EMP p ra c t ic e s present in general EMC work and to encourage f u r t h e r interchange o f re le v a n t in fo rm at ion .