Dimensional analysis of a permittivity measurement probe

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1312-1315

  Bartley Jr , Philip G ^a,b   Nelson, Stuart O ^a,c,e,f   McClendon, Ronald W ^a,d,e,f,g,h  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f IMPI ^*

^g Faculty of Engineering

^h Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department

Author keywords

Buckingham II theorem; Coaxial probe; Dielectric measurement; Dielectric probe; Dimensional analysis; Network analyzer; Open ended coaxial line probe; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement

Indexed keywords

BUCKINGHAM II-THEOREM; COAXIAL PROBE; DIELECTRIC PROBES; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL-LINE PROBE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; FREQUENCIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); THEOREM PROVING;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 4644282798     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2002.807982     Document Type: Article

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