Spheroid responses are important as limiting cases when modeling inductive responses of isolated metallic objects such as unexploded military ordnance. The response of high-permeability ([Formula: see text] ≥ 50) conductive spheroids of moderate aspect ratios (0.25–4) to excitation by uniform magnetic fields in the axial or transverse direction is approximated by the response of spheres of appropriate diameters, of the same conductivity and permeability, with magnitude rescaled based on the differing volumes, dc magnetizations, and high-frequency limit responses of the spheres and modelled spheroids. In the frequency domain, the scaled sphere responses agree within 5% of complex magnitudes for prolate spheroids and within 7% for oblate spheroids. The approximation is more accurate for source magnetic fields in the spheroid's shorter direction than in the spheroid's longer direction. In the time domain, the approximation describes spheroid responses over five decades of time after transmitter shutoff, with a maximum discrepancy of 20%.
A Low-Profile HF Meandered Dipole Antenna with a Ferrite-Loaded Artificial Magnetic Conductor