Abstract
In this paper, the shielding effectiveness of reinforced concrete structures under electromagnetic pulse (EMP) illumination has been modeled and analyzed below 1 GHz regime. The reinforced concrete provides shielding effectiveness at particular frequencies by the concrete as well as the embedded reinforced conductive grid. The reinforced concrete structures are analyzed using commercial 3-dimensional electromagnetic field solver. The shielding effectiveness has been accessed by computing the effect of concrete, rebar and entire reinforced concrete. These results suggest that decreasing spacing of the rebar and increasing the rebar diameter will decrease transmission coefficient. The single layer having the thickness of rebar of 10, 20 and 30 mm reveal transmission coefficient of -1.89, -2.73 and -4.76 dB/10cm, respectively, at 500 MHz. In addition, double layers rebar structure provides -2.46, -6.16 and -9.55 dB/10cm attenuation, respectively, for the same conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | European Microwave Week 2012 |
| Subtitle of host publication | "Space for Microwaves", EuMW 2012, Conference Proceedings - 42nd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2012 |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| Pages | 779-782 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9782874870279 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 2012 42nd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2012 - Held as Part of 15th European Microwave Week, EuMW 2012 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 2012 Oct 29 → 2012 Nov 1 |
Publication series
| Name | European Microwave Week 2012: "Space for Microwaves", EuMW 2012, Conference Proceedings - 42nd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2012 |
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Other
| Other | 2012 42nd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2012 - Held as Part of 15th European Microwave Week, EuMW 2012 |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Period | 12/10/29 → 12/11/1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Comunidad de Madrid and the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Projects Ref. S2009/AGR-1469, and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Ref. CSD/2007/00063 (FUN-C-FOOD), Madrid, Spain.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering