Wireless propagation in circular tunnels

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages 435-441

  Dudley, Donald G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave propagation; Lossy circular waveguide; Mine communication; Tunnel communication; Tunnel propagation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TUNNELS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CAVE PROPAGATION; CIRCULAR TUNNELS; LOSSY CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDE; MINE COMMUNICATION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODE; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC MODE; TUNNEL COMMUNICATION; TUNNEL PROPAGATION; WIRELESS PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 13244273566     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.836407     Document Type: Article

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