A Low-Frequency Model for Wedge or Pyramid Absorber Arrays—I: Theory

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 300-306

  Kuester, Edward F ^a   Holloway, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERACTION; HOMOGENIZATION; LOW FREQUENCY MODEL; PLANE WAVE REFLECTION; PYRAMID ABSORBER ARRAYS; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; RICCATI EQUATIONS; WEDGE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0028532644     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.328859     Document Type: Article

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