Vibratory vs. Electromagnetic Waves as Used in an Analysis of a Gas Turbine Engine.

Abstract

The kinematics and energy balances of wave propagation occurring in a gas turbine engine are investigated to show a similarity of mathematical relationship between sonic and electromagnetic waves. Transverse electric and magnetic waves are shown to be similar in nature to viscoelastic SH waves with respect to a plane of symmetry in a monoclinic medium. The Maxwell constitutive model is related to the Maxwell equations in electromagnetics. It was confirmed that a direct similarity exists with particle velocity and magnetic field, electric field with stresses, permittivity and compliance as well as conductivity with viscosity and permeability with material density.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA306488

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Korjack

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Engines
  • Equations
  • Gas Turbines
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Particles
  • Permeability
  • Symmetry
  • Turbines
  • Viscosity
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.