水平层状介质并矢Green函数的递推矩阵方法

采用递推矩阵方法计算任意数目水平层状介质的并矢Green函数.根据层界面处电场和磁场的连续性条件得到3个确定Sommerfeld积分待定系数的矩阵方程组,分别对应于垂向单位电偶极子产生的TM波、水平方向单位电偶极子产生的TE波和TM波,这些方程组均可通过递推方法快速求解.只需改变3个方程组中源项元素的位置,就可以方便地得到当源点和场点在任意层时的并矢Green函数.本文给出的并矢Green函数表达式形式简洁且不含指数增加项,计算时不会出现溢出现象.     

On the properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside moving dielectric media

The properties of electromagnetic waves propagating inside isotropic or uniaxial dielectric media moving in an arbitrary direction are analysed. The scalar products of electromagnetic field vectors inside these moving media are investigated in the kEB system from Maxwell's equations and Lorentz-covariant constitutive relations. Several important equations are derived. They are useful in discussing problems such as the energy density and radiation pressure, which are of interest in theoretical studies and many application subjects.     

On the validity of Hertz contact law for granular material acoustics

We discuss the acoustical behavior of a 1D model of granular medium, which is a chain of identical spherical beads. In this geometry, we are able to test quantitatively alternative models to the Hertz theory of contact between elastic solids. We compare the predictions of the different models to experimental results that concern linear sound wave propagation in the chain submitted to a static force, and nonlinear solitary wave propagation in an unconstrained chain. We use elastic, elastic-plastic and brittle materials, the beads roughness extends on one order of magnitude, and we also use oxidized metallic beads. We demonstrate experimentally that at low static forces, for all types of beads, the linear acoustic waves propagate in the system as predicted by Hertz's theory. At larger forces, after onset of permanent plastic deformation at the contacts, the brass beads exhibit non Hertzian behavior, and hysteresis. Except in the case of brass beads, the nonlinear waves follow the predictions of Hertz theory. Revised: 28 May 1998 / Accepted: 27 July 1998     

Combined complex-source beam and spherical-multipole analysis for the electromagnetic probing of conical structures

The paper addresses the combination of the spherical-multipole analysis in sphero-conal coordinates with a uniform complex-source beam (CSB) in order to analyze the scattering of a localized electromagnetic plane wave by any desired part of a perfectly conducting elliptic cone. The concept of uniform CSB is introduced and rigorously applied to the diffraction by a semi-infinite elliptic cone. The analysis takes into account the fact that the incident CSB does not satisfy the radiation condition. A new modal form of the Green's function for the elliptic cone is derived based on the principle that there is no energy loss to infinity. The numerical evaluation includes the scattered far fields of a CSB incident on the corner of a plane angular sector with different opening angles.