Microwave Absorption Measurements and Interference Effects for a Liquid Fuel between 2.5 and 18 GHz

Abstract

The incident, reflected and transmitted powers were measured and the reflection and transmission coefficients calculated for a liquid fuel. Two sizes of double-ridge waveguide were used to cover the frequency ranges 2.5 to 7.5 and 7.5 to 18 GHz and corrections were made for waveguide losses. Strong interference effects were observed and the real part of the dielectric constant was obtained primarily from the separation of interference maxima and minima. The loss tangent was obtained by curve fitting to the normalized power loss, and the absorption coefficient was calculated as a function of frequency from the dielectric data.... Microwave, Reflection coefficient, Transmission coefficient, Absorption coefficient, Dielectric constant, Dielectric loss, Loss tangent, Real part of dielectric constant, Imaginary part of dielectric constant, Complex dielectric constant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA260607

Entities

People

  • Donald A. Wiegand
  • Frank Murray

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Coefficients
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Discontinuities
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microwaves
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Surface Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.