Assesment of Human Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Electric Fields Using Different Body Models and the Boundary Element Analyisis

The paper deals with the boundary element modeling of the human body exposed to extremely low frequency (ELF) electric fields. Two models are presented throughout this work; a multidomain body of revolution and the realistic representation of the human body. The formulation of the problem is based on the quasi-static approximation and the related Laplace equation variant of the continuity equation which is solved by the boundary element method (BEM) thus providing the distribution of scalar potential and the induced current density inside the body. Some illustrative computational results, arising from both models, are also presented in this work.