A Low-Frequency Model for Wedge or Pyramid Absorber Arrays—II: Computed and Measured Results

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 307-313

  Kuester, Edward F ^b  

^a Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ALGORITHMS; ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; COAXIAL CABLES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LOW FREQUENCY MODEL; PLANE WAVE REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; PYRAMID ABSORBER ARRAYS; SITE ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; WEDGE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0028533159     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.328860     Document Type: Article

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