Carl Hager

Naval ships have lots of powerful radars and radios that create electromagnetic interference. Scientists studied how this interference leaks into protected rooms through wire holes, discovering new mathematical patterns that help predict when sensitive equipment might be damaged by electromagnetic waves.

Statistical models for maximum electromagnetic fields within RF reflective enclosures (i.e. complex cavities) have historically been derived from parent distributions obtained from the central limit theorem applied to sums of random variables.

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