Fabrication and Electromagnetic Characteristics of Electromagnetic Wave Absorbing Sandwich Structures

샌드위치 구조의 전자기파 흡수체 제작 및 전자기적 특성

  • 박기연 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공 대학원) ;
  • 이상의 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공 대학원) ;
  • 한재흥 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공) ;
  • 김천곤 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공) ;
  • 이인 (한국과학기술원 항공우주공학전공)
  • Published : 2004.04.01

Abstract

The object of this study is to design the Radar Absorbing Structures (RAS) having sandwich structures in the X-band $(8.2\~12.4GHz)$ frequencies. Glass fabric/epoxy composites containing conductive carbon blacks and carbon fabric/epoxy composites were used for the face sheets. Polyurethane (PU) foams containing multi­walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) were used for the core. Their permittivities in the X-band were measured using the transmission line technique. The reflection loss characteristics for multi-layered sandwich structures were calculated using the theory of transmission and reflection in a multi-layered medium. Three kinds of specimens were fabricated and their reflection losses in the X-band were measured using the free space technique. Experimental results were in good agreements with simulated ones in 10dB absorbing bandwidth.

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