Experimental validation of a statistical model of a wiring system in a reverberant room

This paper presents an experimental validation of a statistical model of the response of a wire in a reverberant chamber. The statistical model is based on an approach known as Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA); the need to solve Maxwell's equations within the cavity is avoided by employing a relation known as the “diffuse field reciprocity principle”, which leads directly to an expression for the mean squared response of the system. The only required input is the impedance matrix of the wiring system associated with radiation into infinite space. The numerical results obtained for a bare wire in a reverberant room are compared with experimental data obtained in a reverberation chamber. After a brief introduction to the motivation for such a method, the key equations are derived, and the experimental validation is then presented.