Parallel-FDTD and experimental results of SAR for flat and head phantoms @ 900 MHz

In this work, computational simulations were performed in order to characterize the way electromagnetic radiation interacts with the human head. Average of realistic parameters of bio-materials, such as bones and head liquids, as well as near field radiation parameters of a half-wave dipole are beeing considered in order to achieve results. This way, a software was developed in which Maxwell's equations are numerically solved by using a Beowulf cluster. The solver is based on the finite-difference time-domain method, associated to domain truncation by the uniaxial perfectly mactched layers technique and full-wave solutions have been obtained from the simulation. All averaged SAR values and electric field distributions inside modeled analysed structures have been compared to experimental results obtained in a full setup laboratory with all equipments necessary to perform dosimetric validations of telecomunication devices as shown in IEEE 1528.