Modelling the Human Body Exposure to ELF Electric Fields

Chapter 1: Introduction Extremely low frequency exposure Computational dosimetry at ELF Chapter 2: ELF Electromagnetic exposure Introduction EM exposure. Basic concepts Theoretical model for ELF Different sources of exposure at ELF Summary Chapter 3: Dielectric properties of biological tissues Introduction Modelling biological systems Available data on dielectric properties Theoretical aspects. Biological matter in electric field General dielectric properties of some tissues Biological tissue at ELF Summary Chapter 4: Numerical method Introduction Integral formulation Boundary discretisation Internal solution Continuous and discontinuous boundary element method Staggered boundary element Analytical approach for the integrals Accuracy tests Summary Chapter 5: Exposure to overhead power lines Introduction Physical model Human body modelling Numerical implementation. Extreme and minimal domain decomposition Global results Analysis of the refinement of geometry Analysis of variations on conductivity Summary Chapter 6: Exposure in power substations rooms Introduction Induced currents in the human body inside a power substation room Induced currents in the human body resulting from the proximity to surfaces at fixed potentials Summary Chapter 7: Pregnant woman Introduction Physical model BEM for vertically incident field in open environments Numerical implementation Results and discussion Summary Chapter 8: Conclusions Concluding remarks