Title :
The propagation of surface electromagnetic waves along a rapid transit guideway
Author_Institution :
Boeing Aerospace Company, Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
A vehicle guideway is proposed as a communication channel for rapid transit systems. A numerical method for analyzing the guideway as a surface waveguide is developed and applied to a model of a rail augmented by a lossy dielectric strip resting on a lossy ground. The results for the complex propagation constant demonstrate the feasibility of this proposal.
Keywords :
Communication channels; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Propagation constant; Rails; Strips; Surface waves; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1974
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1974.1147313
