MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATORS FOR HIGHWAY ADVISORY RADIO. VOLUME I: VERTICAL MONOPOLES
This report deals with the mathematical analysis of the radiation characteristics of Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) vertical monopoles. There were two types of analysis considered in this effort. They were: (1) Modeling of the antennas by Method of Moments techniques to determine free space and perfect ground parameters. This was followed by an analysis of antenna radiation characteristics by use of a parallel plate capacitor model and Norton's Equations. (2) Modeling by an equivalent circuit representation which includes ground effects, geometric parameters and re-radiation characteristics of antennas mounted on arbitrary structures. These models were implemented in Fortran IV computer programs, and various runs were made to compare the predictions of the models with measured radiation characteristics of actual HAR monopoles. In general, the models confirmed the results of the field measurements.
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Supplemental Notes:
- See also Volume 2, PB82-123647.
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Corporate Authors:
Atlantic Research Corporation
5390 Cherokee Avenue
Alexandria, VA United States 22314Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Baldwin, T E
- Foster, J J
- Raines, J K
- Schuman, H K
- Publication Date: 1981-3
Media Info
- Pagination: 188 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Antennas; Communication systems; Driver information systems; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetism; Equations; Highways; Information systems; Mathematical models; Radio; Simulation
- Old TRIS Terms: Highway advisory; Monopole antennas
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00346676
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-80-178 Final Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9517
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM