| Preface | 8 |
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| Contents | 12 |
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| Chapter 1: General Questions of the Theory of Impedance Vibrators in the Spatial-Frequency Representation | 16 |
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| 1.1 Problem Formulation and Initial Integral Equations | 16 |
| 1.2 Green´s Function as the Kernel of Integral Equations | 19 |
| 1.3 Integral Equations for a Current on Thin Impedance Vibrators | 22 |
| 1.4 Approximate Analytical Methods for the Solution of Integral Equations | 24 |
| 1.4.1 Series Expansion Technique | 25 |
| 1.4.2 Successive Iterations Method | 28 |
| 1.5 Averaging Method | 30 |
| References | 34 |
| Chapter 2: Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves by Impedance Vibrators in Free Space and Material Medium | 35 |
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| 2.1 Asymptotic Solution of Integral Equations for Vibrator Current in Free Space | 35 |
| 2.2 Vibrator Excitation in the Center by Concentrated EMF | 38 |
| 2.2.1 Impedance Vibrator with Lumped Load in the Center | 51 |
| 2.2.2 Surface Impedance of Thin Vibrators | 52 |
| 2.2.3 Resonant Properties of Impedance Vibrators in Free Space | 55 |
| 2.3 Impedance Vibrators in an Infinite Homogeneous Lossy Medium | 58 |
| 2.4 Radiation Fields of Impedance Vibrators in Infinite Medium | 61 |
| References | 70 |
| Chapter 3: Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves by Impedance Vibrators in Material Medium over a Perfectly Conducting Plane | 71 |
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| 3.1 Horizontal Impedance Vibrator in a Semi-infinite Material Medium | 72 |
| 3.2 Systems of Crossed Impedance Vibrators in a Semi-infinite Material Medium | 81 |
| 3.2.1 Comparison of Numeric Calculations Obtained by Analytical Solution and the Finite Elements Method | 95 |
| 3.3 Formation of the Radiation Field with Specified Spatial-Polarization Characteristics by a System of Crossed Impedance Vibrators | 99 |
| References | 104 |
| Chapter 4: Electromagnetic Waves Scattering by Irregular Impedance Vibrators in Free Space | 106 |
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| 4.1 Impedance Vibrators with Variable Radius | 106 |
| 4.2 Vibrators with Variable Surface Impedance | 113 |
| 4.2.1 Solution of the Equation for Current by the Averaging Method | 113 |
| 4.2.2 Solution of the Equation for Current by the Induced EMF Method | 115 |
| 4.2.3 Choice of the Approximating Functions for the Vibrator Current | 121 |
| References | 124 |
| Chapter 5: Generalized Method of Induced EMF for Investigation of the Characteristics of Impedance Vibrators | 126 |
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| 5.1 Problem Formulation and Solution | 126 |
| 5.2 Impedance Vibrators with Arbitrary Excitation Point | 129 |
| 5.3 Vibrator with Symmetric and Antisymmetric Components of Surface Impedance in Free Space | 146 |
| 5.4 System of Impedance Vibrators in Free Space | 151 |
| References | 167 |
| Chapter 6: Radiation of Electromagnetic Waves by Radial Impedance Vibrators on a Perfectly Conducting Sphere | 168 |
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| 6.1 Problem Formulation and Initial Integral Equations | 169 |
| 6.2 Solution of the Equation for Current by the Successive Iterations Method | 170 |
| 6.3 Radiation Fields of the Radial Impedance Vibrator on a Perfectly Conducting Sphere | 175 |
| 6.4 Numerical Results | 177 |
| References | 180 |
| Chapter 7: Electromagnetic Waves Scattering by Impedance Vibrators in a Rectangular Waveguide | 181 |
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| 7.1 Vibrators with Constant Surface Impedance in Single-Mode and Below-Cutoff Rectangular Waveguides | 181 |
| 7.1.1 Problem Formulation and Solution by the Averaging Method | 181 |
| 7.1.2 Current Distribution and Scattering Fields of Impedance Vibrators in a Waveguide | 183 |
| 7.1.3 Resonant Properties of Impedance Vibrators in Single-Mode and Below-Cutoff Waveguides | 189 |
| 7.2 Vibrators with Variable Surface Impedance in a Rectangular Waveguide | 196 |
| 7.2.1 Problem Formulation and Solution by the Method of Induced EMF | 197 |
| 7.2.2 Numerical Results | 200 |
| 7.3 Impedance Vibrators of Variable Radius in a Rectangular Waveguide | 200 |
| 7.3.1 Problem Formulation and Solution by the Method of Induced EMF | 204 |
| 7.3.2 Numerical Results | 206 |
| 7.4 Original Aspects of Experimental Investigations | 207 |
| References | 210 |
| Conclusion | 211 |
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| Appendix A | 212 |
| Electric Dyadic Green´s Functions of the Considered Electrodynamic Volumes | 212 |
| Appendix B | 216 |
| Basics of the Method of Moments | 216 |
| Appendix C | 220 |
| Generalized Integral Functions | 220 |
| Appendix D | 224 |
| Series Summation in the Function of the Self-Field of a Vibrator in a Rectangular Waveguide | 224 |
| Appendix E | 228 |
| Electromagnetic Values in the CGS and SI Systems of Units | 228 |
| Index | 231 |