Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RobsonHCM.pdf: 3964230 bytes, checksum: b66d62a3ab0ff3d24888963581fbde31 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-12 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work presents a theoretical and numerical analysis for the cascading of frequency selective surfaces, which uses rectangular patches and triangular Koch fractals as elements. Two cascading techniques are used to determine the transmission and reflection characteristics. Frequency selective surfaces includes a large area of Telecommunications and have been widely used due to its low cost, low weight and ability to integrate with others microwaves circuits. They re especially important in several applications, such as airplane, antennas systems, radomes, rockets, missiles, etc.. FSS applications in high frequency ranges have been investigated, as well as applications of cascading structures or multi-layer, and active FSS. Furthermore, the analyses uses the microwave circuit theory, with the Floquet harmonics, it allows to obtain the expressions of the scattering parameters of each structure and also of the composed structure of two or more FSS. In this work, numeric results are presented for the transmission characteristics. Comparisons are made with experimental results and simulated results using the commercial software Ansoft Designer? v3. Finally, some suggestions are presented for future works on this subject / Este trabalho apresenta uma an?lise te?rica e num?rica do cascateamento de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia, que usa patches retangulares e fractais de Koch triangular como elementos. Para isto, s?o utilizadas duas t?cnicas de cascateamento, visando ? determina??o das caracter?sticas de transmiss?o e de reflex?o. Superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia abrangem uma grande ?rea das Telecomunica??es e t?m sido largamente utilizadas devido a seu baixo custo, peso reduzido e possibilidade de se integrar com outros circuitos de microondas. Elas s?o especialmente importantes em diversas aplica??es, como avi?es, sistemas de antenas, radomes, foguetes, m?sseis, etc. Aplica??es de FSS em faixas de freq??ncia elevadas t?m sido investigadas, assim como aplica??es destas estruturas em cascata ou multicamadas, e FSS ativas. Especificamente, as an?lises usam a teoria de circuitos de microondas, em conjunto com os harm?nicos de Floquet, permite a obten??o das express?es dos par?metros de espalhamento de cada estrutura e tamb?m da estrutura composta por duas ou mais FSS. Nesse trabalho, s?o apresentados resultados num?ricos para as caracter?sticas de transmiss?o. S?o feitas compara??es com resultados experimentais e tamb?m com resultados simulados utilizando o software comercial Ansoft Designer? v3. S?o apresentadas, ainda, sugest?es de continuidade do trabalho

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EwinLFB_DISSERT.pdf: 1133428 bytes, checksum: 7db5058d9183e9d7e1e87f596676c111 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The main objective of this work is to optimize the performance of frequency selective surfaces (FSS) composed of crossed dipole conducting patches. The optimization process is performed by determining proper values for the width of the crossed dipoles and for the FSS array periodicity, while the length of the crossed dipoles is kept constant. Particularly, the objective is to determine values that provide wide bandwidth using a search algorithm with representation in bioinspired real numbers. Typically FSS structures composed of patch elements are used for band rejection filtering applications. The FSS structures primarily act like filters depending on the type of element chosen. The region of the electromagnetic spectrum chosen for this study is the one that goes from 7 GHz to 12 GHz, which includes mostly the X-band. This frequency band was chosen to allow the use of two X-band horn antennas, in the FSS measurement setup. The design of the FSS using the developed genetic algorithm allowed increasing the structure bandwidth / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal efetuar a otimiza??o do desempenho de estruturas de superf?cies seletivas de frequ?ncia FSS (Frequency Selective Surface), com patches condutores na forma de dipolos em cruz. A otimiza??o foi realizada atrav?s da identifica??o de valores ?timos para a largura do dipolo e a periodicidade do arranjo, considerando o valor do comprimento do dipolo fixo. Especificamente, objetiva-se determinar valores que permitam aumentar a largura de banda, utilizando um algoritmo de busca bioinspirado com representa??o em n?meros reais. As aplica??es t?picas de estruturas de FSS com patches condutores utilizam frequ?ncias selecionadas atrav?s das faixas de rejei??o. As estruturas de FSS funcionam basicamente como filtros dependendo do tipo de elemento escolhido. A regi?o do espectro eletromagn?tico escolhida para este estudo foi a faixa de 7 GHz a 12 GHz, que inclui basicamente a banda X. Essa regi?o do espectro eletromagn?tico foi escolhida para possibilitar a medi??o do dispositivo com a utiliza??o de antenas de abertura do tipo corneta, que operam na banda X. O projeto da FSS com a utiliza??o do algoritmo gen?tico GA (Genetic Algorithm) permitiu aumentar a largura de banda da estrutura

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FranciscoCGSS_Capa_ate_pag41.pdf: 9091246 bytes, checksum: 6f81612f5fd4ab8558666746d9be5489 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-05 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Frequency selective surfaces (Frequency Selective Surface - FSS) are often used in various applications in telecommunications. Some of these applications may require that these structures have response with multiple resonance bands. Other applications require that the FSS response have large frequency range, to meet the necessary requirements. FSS to design with these features there are numerous techniques cited in the scientific literature. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine some common techniques such as: Overlap of FSS; Elements combined; Elements Elements convolucionados and fractals. And designing multiband FSS and / or broadband selecting simple ways in terms of construction and occupy the smallest possible space, aiming at practical applications. Given these requirements, three projects FSS were performed: a technology applied to IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n and two projects for application in UWB. In project development, commercial software Ansoft DesignerTM and experimental results were satisfactory was used / Superf?cies seletivas em frequ?ncia (Frequency Selective Surface - FSS) s?o usadas frequentemente em diversas aplica??es em telecomunica??es. Algumas dessas aplica??es podem exigir que essas estruturas tenham resposta com m?ltiplas bandas de resson?ncia. Outras aplica??es exigem que as FSS tenham resposta em faixa larga de frequ?ncia, para atender aos requisitos necess?rios. Para projetar uma FSS com essas caracter?sticas existem in?meras t?cnicas citadas na literatura cient?fica. Assim, o prop?sito deste trabalho ? analisar algumas t?cnicas utilizadas tais como: Sobreposi??o de FSS; Elementos combinados; Elementos convolucionados e Elementos fractais. E projetar FSS multibanda e/ou banda larga selecionando maneiras simples em termos de constru??o e que ocupem o menor espa?o poss?vel, visando aplica??es pr?ticas. Tendo em vista estes requisitos, foram realizados tr?s projetos de FSS: um aplicado a tecnologia IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n e dois projetos para aplica??o em UWB. No desenvolvimento dos projetos, foi utilizado o software comercial Ansoft DesignerTM e os resultados experimentais se mostraram satisfat?rios

Leaky-waves have been a topic of increasing interest in the last years, with diverse practical applications in many different engineering fields. From periodic, FSS, EBG or even metamaterial leaky-wave based antennas to waveguide filters and higher efficiency energy guiding, they all share a common base structure: a travelling-wave propagating within a metal encapsulation, that can be open or closed, and altered by a planar metallization of periodic nature, from which the energy may radiate. Due to the fact that these antennas are usually electrically large and the periodic printed circuit requires a certain grade of complexity, 3D commercial software is prohibitively time consuming. Also, the homebrew methods developed up to this day are either not rigorous and accurate enough or unable to deal with complex periodic geometries. At this point, the evolution of leaky-wave antennas needs a solid, efficient and versatile tool where to base the future design research on. In this work a novel simulation tool for waveguide embedded leaky-wave antennas is presented. It is based on a full-wave Method of Moments applied to the spectral domain Green Functions for a rigorous modal analysis of the finite structure. The use of Subdomain basis functions allows the software to model complex periodic geometries, overcoming a main limitation, and the analytical nature of the method combined with its 2.5D approach, results in a significant computing time reduction. It is built on a modular coding philosophy and provided with a user-friendly graphical interface, and an intuitive working procedure, making the program not only fast and accurate, but also easy to use and extend to new geometries. Finally, it is remarkable the educational potential of this new analysis software, since it identifies higher order effects as bandgaps and multi-harmonic radiation from a complete and simple modal approach.

When designing urban water systems (i.e. water distribution and sewer systems) it is imperative that uncertainty is taken into consideration. However, this is a challenging problem due to the inherent uncertainty associated with both system loading requirements and the potential for physical components failure. It is therefore desirable to improve the reliability of each system in order to account for these uncertainties. Although it is possible to directly evaluate the reliability of a water distribution systems (WDS) (using reliability measures), the calculation processes involved are computationally intensive and therefore unsuitable for some state-of-the-art, iterative design approaches (such as optimisation). Consequently, interest has recently grown in the use of reliability indicators, which are simpler and faster to evaluate than conventional direct reliability methods. In this thesis, a novel measure (the RUF) is developed to quantify reliability in urban water systems with a view to enhance their robustness under a range of future scenarios (Policy Reform, Market Forces, Fortress World and New-Sustainability Paradigm). The considered four future scenarios were synthesized in the EPSRC supported multidisciplinary 4 year project: Urban Futures. Each investigated urban future scenario is characterised by a distinct household water demand and local demand distribution (emerging due to different urban forms evolving in future scenarios). In order to assess the impact of urban futures, RUF has been incorporated into Urban Water System (UWS) dynamic simulations for both WDSs and Foul Sewer Systems (FSSs) using open source codes of EPANET and SWMM. Additionally, in order to overcome extensive computational effort, resulting from the use of traditional reliability measures, a new holistic reliability indicator, the hydraulic power entropy (IHPE) has been developed and compared to existing reliability indicators. Additionally, the relationship between the new reliability indicator and the above mentioned RUF reliability measure is investigated. Results suggest that the magnitude of the IHPE in network solutions provides a holistic indication of the hydraulic performance and reliability for a WDS. However, the performance of optimal solutions under some Urban Futures indicates that additional design interventions are required in order to achieve desired future operation. This thesis also proposes a new holistic foul sewer system (FSS) reliability indicator (the IFSR). The IFSR represents sewer performance as a function of excess pipe capacity (in terms of available increase and also decrease in inflow). The indicator has been tested for two case studies (i.e. different sewer network layouts). Results suggest that the magnitude of IFSR has positive correlations with a number of identified key performance indicators (i.e. relating to capacity, velocity, blockages). Finally, an Integrated Design Approach (IDA) has been developed in order to assess the implications of applying design interventions on both a WDS and downstream FSS. The approach holistically considers present and future operation of each interconnected system. The approach was subsequently demonstrated using two proposed design interventions. Results suggest that, for the considered design interventions, there is trade-off between the simultaneous improvement of both WDS and FSS operation and reliability.

Microstrip patch antennas are attractive for numerous military and commercial applications due to their advantages in terms of low-profile, broadside radiation, low-cost, low-weight and conformability. However, the inherent narrowband performance of patch antennas prohibits their use in systems that demand wideband radiation. To alleviate the issue, an existing approach is to combine multiple patch antennas within a log-periodic array configuration. These log-periodic patch antennas (LPMAs) are capable of providing large bandwidths (>50%) with stable broadside radiation patterns. However, they suffer from electrically large sizes. Therefore, their miniaturization without degrading the bandwidth performance holds promise for extending their use in applications that demand conformal and wideband installations. In recent years, electromagnetic band gap structures have been proposed to enhance the radiation performances of printed antennas. These engineered surfaces consist of a periodic arrangement of unit cells having specific metallization patterns. At particular frequencies, they provide a zero-degree phase shift for reflected plane waves and effectively act as high impedance surfaces. Since, their band-limited electromagnetic field behavior is quite similar to a hypothetical magnetic conductor; they are also referred to as artificial magnetic conductors (AMCs). AMC structures were shown to allow lower antenna profile, larger bandwidth, higher gain, and good unidirectional radiation by alleviating the field cancellation effects observed in ground plane backed antenna configurations. Previous research studies have already demonstrated that microstrip patch antennas can enjoy significant size reductions when placed above the AMC surfaces. This project, for the first time, investigates the application of AMCs to LPMA configurations. Specifically, the goal is to reduce the LPMA size while retaining its highly desired large bandwidth performance. To accomplish this, we employ various AMC surface configurations (e.g. uniform, log-periodic) under traditional LPMAs and investigate their performance in terms of miniaturization, bandwidth, gain, and radiation patterns.

Advances in technology have placed a great emphasis on the design of broadband antennas as well as antenna miniaturization to cope with the demands of making electronic and handheld communication devices smaller and more efficient. In this thesis, the design and fabrication of a frequency independent antenna and a narrow-band planar microstrip Balun are presented. An analysis of frequency selective surfaces is also introduced in order to demonstrate their capability to miniaturize antenna thickness. Lastly, s-parameters measurements and efficiency characterization are performed to determine the radiation properties of surface mount chip inductors in order to determine the feasibility of using them as electrically small antennas.Two types of frequency independent antennas are considered due to their planar geometries, the Equiangular and Archimedean spiral antennas. Frequency independent antennas are radiating devices that have frequency independent impedance and pattern properties because their shape is specified only in terms of angles.The Balun is designed to meet the need of a feeding element for the Archimedean spiral antenna. A Balun is a three port device that connects an unbalanced transmission line such as a coaxial line to a balanced feed line such as the one required by two-arm spiral antennas. The Balun discussed in this work is designed to operate at 2.4 GHz with a 200 MHz bandwidth and to transform the antenna input impedance to a 50-ohm reference impedance. The main characteristics from this device that distinguish it from commercially available structures are its low cost, planarity, and compact footprint. The balancing capability of this Balun is shown by the close agreement between the measured and simulated results. Antennas can be potentially miniaturized in the z-direction by replacing the PEC ground plane separated from the antenna by a lambda /4 thick substrate with a frequency selective surface (FSS) structure that allows the ground plane conductor to be in close proximity to the antenna without affecting its radiation performance. The FSS layer operating at 2.4 GHz presented in this thesis is static (not tuned) and thus the overall bandwidth reduces approximately to the bandwidth obtained with the narrow-band Balun.

In this thesis, a low-profile, high-gain, ultra-wideband (UWB) planar dipole antenna is presented for radar imaging applications. The antenna is loaded with open complementary double concentric split-hexagonal-ring resonators (LC tank) and chip resistors, and backed with a novel double-layer FSS reflector for gain enhancement. A broadband microstrip to parallel-plate transformer is designed as the feeding structure of the antenna to provide impedance matching and balanced-to-unbalanced transition. The measurement results show the proposed antenna operates over the frequency bandwidth of 0.65-3.8 GHz with S11< -10 dB (VSWR) and smooth gains in the range of 6.2-9 dBi.

Les surfaces sélectives en fréquence (FSS) pour la furtivité radar ou l'optique ont été largement étudiées. Depuis plus de vingt ans, des matériaux artificiels ont été conçus, permettant d'obtenir des propriétés particulières, notamment l'existence de bandes permises ou interdites, réfraction négative, ultra-réfraction. Par ailleurs, des antennes basées sur la mise en réseau d'un élément rayonnant sont plus compactes et plus facilement intégrables. Le problème de la diffraction d'une onde plane par des réseaux tridimensionnels bipériodiques peut être résolu par éléments finis ou par équations intégrales bipériodiques ; il l'est souvent par une méthode hybride combinant la méthode des éléments finis et la méthode aux équations intégrales. Nous avons choisi de développer une méthode hybride utilisant deux variantes de la méthode aux équations intégrales. Les domaines semi-infinis (l'extérieur du réseau) sont traités par des équations intégrales bipériodiques (EI3D2D), et les domaines bornés (l'intérieur du réseau) sont traités par des équations intégrales tridimensionnelles (EI3D), auxquelles on impose des conditions aux limites de pseudopériodicité. Ce code numérique est développé dans le cadre du code SPECTRE de Dassault-Aviation, qui est un code généraliste 3D, afin de bénéficier de la richesse des modèles qui y ont déjà été développés (modèle composé d'un nombre quelconque de sous-domaines de formes et de matériaux quelconques, traitement des différents cas de jonctions entre sous-domaines, matériaux de faible épaisseur). L'efficacité en termes de précision et en temps de calcul de la méthode numérique est validée par comparaison des résultats avec d'autres simulations numériques et également avec des résultats de mesures. Les cas testés sont représentatifs de plusieurs des principaux phénomènes liés aux métamatériaux : surfaces sélectives en fréquence, transmission " extraordinaire ", surfaces à haute impédance. Enfin, nous étudions un radôme passe-bande indépendant à l'angle d'incidence, à l'aide de la méthode numérique que nous proposons. La structure retenue se base sur un réseau de cavités coaxiales dans une couche métallique. Nous expliquons l'origine physique des résonances qui apparaissent et nous suggérons une évolution géométrique du profil des cavités, afin d'augmenter la largeur de bande passante.

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