The rapid progress in the development of digital computers in last few decades has provided advances in EMC modeling which can be carried out within a significantly shorter time than it would be necessary for building and testing the appropriate prototype via experimental procedures. Moreover, EMC simulation can predict the system behavior for a rather wide variety of parameters including different initial and boundary conditions, excitation types, and different configuration of the system itself. EMC computational models can be classified as: circuit theory models (featuring the concentrated electrical parameters), transmission line models (using distributed parameters in which low frequency electromagnetic field coupling is taken into account), and models based on the full-wave (antenna theory) approach (taking into account radiation effects for the treatment of electromagnetic wave propagation problems).

The antenna models is a vital area of EMC related to the analysis of electromagnetic field coupling to systems or devices representing the most rigorous approach to EMC problems. Furthermore, the transmission line (TL) approximation, whose principal advantage is simplicity and relatively low computational cost, fails to account for various radiation effects, such as resonances, presence of a lossy ground, and the effects at the wire ends.

On the other hand, the main restriction of the wire antenna model applied to complex structures is related to a rather high computational cost. This special issue deals with various aspects of full-wave (antenna) EMC models covering applications related to both continuous wave (CW) problems and transient problems. Prospective authors are invited to submit their either original research papers or review papers dealing with advances in antenna models in EMC. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Antenna systems, overhead power lines, and buried cables
• Full-wave computational techniques
• Application of wire antenna models to EMC problems
• Grounding systems
• Transient phenomena
• Lightning
• EMC analysis, modeling, and prediction using full-wave models
• Safety Aspects
• Antenna models for EMC in power and communication systems
• EMC computational models in automotive and aerospace electronics
• Measurement Techniques, Test Facilities, and Instrumentation

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