Electromagnetic shielding of oriented carbon fiber composite materials

Author

Micheli, D. ; Laurenzi, S. ; Primiani, V. Mariani ; Moglie, Franco ; Gradoni, Gabriele ; Marchetti, Mirco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Astronaut., Electr. & Energy Eng., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The paper analyses the electromagnetic shielding measurements of carbon fiber composite structure. In particular the shielding effectiveness is measured applying the nested reverberation chamber method in the frequency range of 3.5 GHz-8.5 GHz. This method ensure a realistic electromagnetic excitation of the sample under test characterized by a random polarization and incoming direction. The paper also describes the material manufacturing procedure and gives important details about the sample mounting technique. Three material samples are considered which differ in carbon fiber orientation and stratification. Obtained results highlight the capability of such materials to behave as high-performance shields in the microwave region.

Keywords

carbon fibre reinforced composites; electromagnetic shielding; microwave propagation; mountings; polarisation; reverberation chambers; C; carbon fiber stratification; electromagnetic excitation; electromagnetic shielding measurement; frequency 3.5 GHz to 8.5 GHz; high-performance shields; incoming direction; material manufacturing procedure; microwave region; nested reverberation chamber method; oriented carbon fiber composite materials; random polarization; sample mounting technique; sample under test; shielding effectiveness; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Carbon; Materials; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fiber theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace EMC, 2012 Proceedings ESA Workshop on

Conference_Location

Venice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0302-6

Type

conf

Filename

6232571