Thesis (M. S.)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Michaels, Jennifer; Committee Member: Jacobs, Laurence; Committee Member: Michaels, Thomas. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-104). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Dissertation (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Prof. Ali Adibi; Committee Member: Prof. Joseph Perry; Committee Member: Prof. Stephen Ralph; Committee Member: Prof. Thomas Gaylord. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-67). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-64). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The implementation and verification of a recently proposed Huy gens' principle in hollow lossless waveguide is described. The extended Huygens' principle is applicable to the scattering effect of arbitrary obstacles in waveguide and allows the coupling of a volume Finite Element discretization with a quasi Method of Moments surface element approach. A review of the technique is given and expressions for the two port scattering parameters are derived. The implementation is restricted to posts in rectangular waveguide, although the technique may also be applied to general scattering problems in waveguide. Finite Elements for the volume of the obstacle are selected and a basis set is proposed. The elemental finite element matrices are derived for a low and higher order basis set, while the validity of the derivations is established by considering a simple waveguide example. A coupled set of matrix equations is constructed that can be solved for the unknown surface electric and magnetic fields and the volume magnetic fields. A set of test examples is chosen to verify the implementation. The convergence behaviour is examined for two test cases. The dissertation concludes with an evaluation of the technique and recommendations for future work. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die implementasie en verifiëring van 'n onlangs voorgestelde Huygens beginsel in leë golfleier word beskryf. Die uitgebreide beginsel van Huygens is van toepassing op die strooiingseffek van arbitrêre voorwerpe in verlieslose golfleier en beskryf die koppeling tussen 'n volume eindige element diskretisasie met 'n oppervlakelement kwasi-moment metode. 'n Oorsig oor die tegniek word gegee en uitdrukkings vir die tweepoort strooiingsparameters word afgelei. Die implementering word beperk tot penne in reghoekige golfleier, alhoewel die tegniek op algemene golfleier strooiingsprobleme van toepassing is. Eindige elemente word gekies vir die volume van die voorwerp en 'n basisfunksie versameling afgelei van bestaande basisfunksies. Lae en hoë orde element matrikse word afgelei en die geldigheid van die afleidings word nagegaan deur 'n eenvoudige golfleier probleem op te los. 'n Gekoppelde stel matriksvergelykings word opgestel in terme van die onbekende oppervlak elektriese en magnetiese velde. 'n Aantal toetsvoorbeelde word gekies om die implementasie te verifieer. Konvergensiegedrag word ondersoek vir twee toetsgevalle. Die proefskrif sluit af met 'n evaluasie van die tegniek en aanbevelings vir verdere werk.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-10T14:24:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-05-29. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-12-10T14:31:10Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000853520.pdf: 2749056 bytes, checksum: aeead8823ebd2b93063ca4406bc23b07 (MD5) / O estudo da interação de ondas elásticas em sólidos imersos em um fluido tem sido reconhe- cido como um meio viável para caracterização de líquidos. As ondas guiadas em estruturas tipo placa possuem a característica de serem multimodais e dispersivas. Estas características introduzem mais informação ao processo de medição, além de tornar a análise teórica e a inter- pretação física dos resultados experimentais mais envolventes. Quando a placa está em contato com o fluido, há uma forte atenuação devido às ondas de fuga e perdas viscosas no fluido. Esta característica pode ser explorada para a caracterização de líquidos, devido à alta sensibilidade associada à interação entre a onda e o fluido. Pensando nesta particularidade estudou-se o modo quase Scholte, que é um tipo de onda de interface cuja energia está confinada perto da região da superfície da placa. A análise deste modo propagante é uma alternativa atraente para se determinar a velocidade volumétrica longitudinal e a atenuação no líquido, o que proporciona valiosas informações sobre as propriedades do fluido. Neste trabalho, as ondas guiadas (mo- dos de Lamb e quase Scholte) são teoricamente descritas por um sistema de equações obtido do modelamento de uma placa sólida homogênea em contato com um fluido viscoso, o qual é descrito usando a equação de Navier-Stokes. As curvas de dispersão e atenuação das ondas de Lamb e do modo quase Scholte são obtidos numericamente como soluções das equações carac- terísticas. Experimentos foram realizados visando mensurar a velocidade de fase e a atenuação para os modos de Lamb e quase Scholte, mostrando a existência de bandas de frequências de baixa atenuação. Estas medições foram obtidas usando transdutores longitudinais de banda larga acoplados a prismas de acrílico, excitados com pulsos senoidais e posteriormente analisa- dos em tempo-frequência / The study of the interaction of elastic waves in solids immersed in a fluid has been recognized as a suitable method for fluid characterization. Guided waves in plate-like structures, are mul- timodal and dispersive. These characteristics provides more information in the measurement process. In addition, the theoretical analysis and physical interpretation of the experimental results become more involved. When the plate is in contact with a fluid, there is strong attenu- ation due to Leaky waves and viscous losses in the fluid. This characteristic can be explored for the fluid characterization, due to the high sensitivity associated to the interaction between the wave and fluid. From this feature a study about the quasi-Scholte mode was done, which is a kind of interface wave and its wave energy in the fluid is confined in the region close to the surface of the plate. The analysis of this propagating mode is an attractive alternative to determine the bulk longitudinal velocity and attenuation in the liquid, which provide valuable information about the liquid properties. In this work, guided waves (Lamb and quasi-Scholte modes) are theoretically described by a system of equations obtained by modeling a homo- genous solid plate in contact with a viscous fluid, which is modeled using the Navier-Stokes equation. The dispersion and attenuation curves of Lamb waves and quasi Scholte mode are numerically calculated from the characteristic equations. Experimental measurements were conducted in order to obtain the phase velocity and attenuation for the Lamb waves and quasi Scholte mode showing the existence of low attenuation frequencies bands. These measurements were obtained by using longitudinal wide band transducers coupled to acrylic wedges, excited with senoidal pulses and then time-frequency analysed. In order to evaluate the potential use of this result in NDT applications ultrasonic images were also ...