Analysis of composite walls and their effects on short-path propagation modeling

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 730-738

  Holloway, Christopher L ^a  

^a Institute for Telecommunication Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite walls; Concrete walls; Effective material properties; Homogenization; Propagation modeling; Reflection coefficient

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

HOMOGENIZATION; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031207727     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.618198     Document Type: Article

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