Reflection and Transmission by Reinforced Concrete - Numerical and Asymptotic Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 II, 2003, Pages 2852-2861

  Paknys, Robert ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geometrical optics; Indoor radio communication; Loaded scatterers; Moment methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SURFACE WAVES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

REINFORCED CONCRETE;

EID: 0142063067     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817998     Document Type: Article

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