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Abstract

There are applications of the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, which need to model thin wires in dispersive media. However, existing thin wire techniques in the FDTD method are developed only for the conductive and dielectric media. The article presents a modification of oblique thin wire formalism proposed by Guiffaut et al. and a minor modification for the technique proposed by Railton et al. for applications with Debye media. The modifications are based on auxiliary differential equation (ADE) method. The modifications are validated by calculations of grounding potential rise (GPR) of a horizontal electrode buried in soil with dispersive properties.

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Mr. Dmitry Kuklin