PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY OF MULTI-MODE SURFACE WAVE EXCITATION, PROPAGATION AND DIFFRACTION. I. PLANE STRUCTURES.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to study the electromagnetic field that arises when a magnetic line dipole source is located above a plane structure that supports several surface waves if the surface of the structure is characterized by a generalized impedance boundary condition. This condition is introduced here for the first time. An exact solution is given for plane structures supporting one, two and three surface waves. The magnitudes of the surface waves and simple formulas for the radiated far field patterns are given. It is shown how the methods employed in the paper can be extended to the case of plane structures that support any number of surface waves.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0602420

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Karal Jr.
  • Samuel N. Karp

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Excitation
  • Far Field
  • Impedance
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Materials Science and Engineering.