Rotation effects on hybrid air journal bearings

Rotation effects of hybrid air journal bearings with multi-arrays of orifice feedings are investigated numerically. Porous air bearings are also solved for comparison. The results show that bearing load capacity W increases faster with eccentricity ratio than with rotation speed, i.e. bearing number Be. There are optimum orifice diameters, i.e. optimum feeding parameters λ_o, which give maximum load capacity W for orifice feeding; but for porous feeding, load capacity W increases with feeding parameters λ_p. It was found that the load capacity increases with feeding arrays of orifices and five rows of orifice feedings can approximate the operations of porous bearings very well. It was also found that load capacity W does not increase further when air supply pressure exceeds 5 atm because there is a critical pressure ratio through orifice (e.g. (P_o/P_s)<0.53).     

Alternative optimisation strategies and CAM software for multipass rough turning operations

The development of constrained optimisation analyses and strategies for selecting optimum cutting conditions in multipass rough turning operations based on minimum time per component criterion is outlined and discussed. It is shown that a combination of theoretical economic trends of single and multipass turning as well as numerical search methods are needed to arrive at the optimum solution. Numerical case studies supported the developed solution strategies and demonstrated the economic superiority of multipass strategies over single pass. Alternative approximate multipass optimisation strategies involving equal depth of cut per pass, single pass optimisation strategies and limited search techniques have also been developed and compared with the rigorous optimisation strategies. The approximate strategies have been shown to be useful, preferably for on-line applications such as canned cycles on CNC machine controllers, but recourse to the rigorous multipass strategies should be regarded as the reference for use in assessing alternative approximate strategies or for CAM support usage.Nomenclature d _i depth of cut for theith pass - d _opt optimum depth of cut - d _T total depth of cut to be removed - D _i workpiece diameter before theith pass - D _o,D _m initial and final workpiece diameter (afterm passes) - f _i feed for theith pass - f _max,f _min machine tool maximum and minimum feed - f _opt optimum cutting feed - f _sj, V_sj available feed and speed steps in a conventional machine tool - f _sgl, f_rec optimum and handbook recommended single pass cutting feeds - F _pmax maximum permissible cutting force - L workpiece length of cut - m continuous number of passes - m _H next higher integer number of passes from a givenm - m _HW upper limit to the optimum integer number of passesm _opt - m _L next lower integer number of passes from a givenm - m _LW lower limit to the optimum integer number of passesm _opt - m _o optimum (continuous) number of passes - m _opt optimum integer number of passes - N _a machine tool critical rotational speed whenP _a=P _max - N _max,N _min machine tool maximum and minimum rotational speed - n,n ₁,n ₂,K speed, feed and depth of cut exponents and constant in the extended Taylor's tool-life equation - P _a,P _max machine tool low speed and maximum power constraints - T _i tool-life using the cutting conditions for theith pass - T _L loading and unloading time per component - T _R tool replacement time - T _s tool resetting time per pass - T _T production time per component - T _TDi multi-passT _T equation with workpiece diameter effect - T _TDm, T_TDo multi-passT _T equations with constant diameterD _m andD _o, respectively - T _Topt overall optimum time per component - T _Tsgl optimum time per component for single pass turning - T _{T2re c} handbook recommended time per component - V _i cutting speed for theith pass - V _max,V _min machine tool maximum and minimum cutting speed - V _sgl,V _rec optimum and handbook recommended single pass cutting speeds - V _opt optimum cutting speed - a, E, W empirical constants in theP _a/F _pmax/P _max equations - , , feed, depth and speed exponents inF _pmax andP _max equations     

Temperature measurement in orthogonal metal cutting

Orthogonal cutting experiments were carried out on steel at different feedrates and cutting speeds. During these experiments the chip temperatures were measured using an infrared camera. The applied technique allows us to determine the chip temperature distribution at the free side of the chip. From this distribution the shear plane temperature at the top of the chip as well as the uniform chip temperature can be found. A finite-difference model was developed to compute the interfacial temperature between chip and tool, using the temperature distribution measured at the top of the chip.Nomenclature contact length with sticking friction behaviour [m] - c specific heat [J kg^–1 K^–1] - contact length with sliding friction behaviour [m] - F _P feed force [N] - F _V main cutting force [N] - h undeformed chip thickness [m] - h _c deformed chip thickness [m] - i,j denote nodal position - k thermal conductivity [W m^–2 K^–1] - L chip-tool contact length [m] - p defines time—space grid, Eq. (11) [s m^–2] - Q _C heat rate entering chip per unit width due to friction at the rake face [W m^–1] - Q _T total heat rate due to friction at the rake face [W m^–1] - Q _% percentage of the friction energy that enters the chip - q ₀ peak value ofq(x) [W m^–2] - q _e heat rate by radiation [W] - q(x) heat flux entering chip [W m^–2] - t time [s] - T temperature [K] - T _C uniform chip temperature [°C] - T _max maximum chip—tool temperature [°C] - T _mean mean chip—tool temperature [°C] - T _S measured shear plane temperature [°C] - x,y Cartesian coordinates [m] - V cutting speed [m s^–1] - V _C chip speed [m/s] - rake angle - ,, control volume lumped thermal diffusivity [m² s^–1] - emmittance for radiation - exponent, Eq. (3) - density [kg m^–3] - Stefan-Boltzmann constant [W m^–2 K⁴] - (x) shear stress distribution [N m^–2] - shear angle     

A generalised model of milling forces

This paper presents the development of a generalised cutting force model for both end-milling and face-milling operations. The model specifies the interaction between workpiece and multiple cutter flutes by the convolution of cutting-edge geometry function with a train of impulses having the period equivalent to tooth spacing. Meanwhile, the effect of radial and axial depths of cut are represented by the modulation of the cutting-edge geometry function with a rectangular window function. This formulation leads to the development of an expression of end/face-milling forces in explicit terms of material properties, tool geometry, cutting parameters and process configuration. The explicitness of the resulting model provides a unique alternative to other studies in the literature commonly based on numerical integrations. The closed-form nature of the cutting force expression can facilitate the planning, optimisation, monitoring, and control of milling operations with complicated tool—work interactions. Experiments were performed over various cutting conditions and results are presented, in verification of the model fidelity, in both the angle and frequency domains.Notation * convolution operator - helix angle of an end mill - _A,_R axial and radial angles of a face mill - angular position of any cutting point in the cylindrical coordinate system - unit area impulse function - ^(i–1)(–T _o) (i–1)th derivative of (–T _o) with respect to - angular position of cutter in the negative Y-direction - _L, lead and inclination angles of a face mill - angular position of any cutting point in the negative Y-direction - ₁, ₂ entry and exit angles - upper limit of cutting edge function in terms of - as defined in equation (10) - A _xk ,A _yk ,A _zk kth harmonics of cutting forces in the X-, Y-, and Z-directions - d _a,d _r axial and radial depth of cut - dA instantaneous cut area - D diameter of cutter - f _o frequency of spindle - f _t,f _r,f _a local cutting forces in the tangential, radial, and axial directions - f _x ,f _y ,f _z local cutting forces in the X-, Y-, and Z-directions - F _x ,F _y ,F _z resultant cutting forces in the angle domain in the X-, Y-, and Z-directions - F as defined in equation (5) - h derivative of height function of cutting edge with respect to - h() height function of one cutting edge with respect to - H height of any cutting point - K _r,K _a radial-to-tangential and axial-to-tangential cutting force ratios - K _t tangential cutting pressure constant - K as defined in equation (6) - p as defined in equation (6) - N number of cutting edges - r() radius function of one cutting edge with respect to - R radius of any cutting point - T cutting engagement time function of any cutting point - T _o cutting engagement time of the cutting point at =0 - T th() tooth sequence function - t _c average cut thickness - t _x feed per tooth - W _A,W _W,W _C amplitude, width and centre of a window function - W(,) unit rectangular window function - y _min,y _max minimum and maximum positions of workpiece in the Y-direction - Z _min,Z _max integration limits in the Z-direction     

Eddy-Current Studies of Aging Processes in N26T3 Metastable Austenite Steel

In the N26T3 austenite steel, the eddy-current parameter f ₀ has been measured after one aging cycle at temperatures of 700 and 650°C, and after two aging cycles, one of them at the same temperature and the second at 600 and 550°C. The two-stage aging is conducted by two schemes: (1) preliminary aging at 700 or 650°C, transfer of samples without cooling to the room temperature into a furnace heated to 600 or 550°C, then isothermal aging and cooling to room temperature T _r; (2) the same operations as in the first scheme, but the samples are cooled to T _r after the preliminary aging. The eddy-current parameter f ₀ measured at T _r increases with time after aging at 700 and 600°C owing to isothermal martensite transformation. After the two-stage aging, the isothermal martensite transformation at T _r still takes place, but it is stabilized, i.e., the parameter f ₀ drops with time. The stabilization of the austenite is the more pronounced, the lower the temperature of the second stage of aging, and it is stronger after the two-stage aging by the second scheme.     

Determining cutting speeds for the CO2 laser machining of decorative ceramic tile

This paper presents a comparison of theoretically predicted optimum cutting speeds for decorative ceramic tile with experimentally derived data. Four well-established theoretical analyses are considered and applied to the laser cutting of ceramic tile, i.e. Rosenthal's moving point heat-source model, and the heat-balance approaches of Powell, Steen and Chryssolouris. The theoretical results are subsequently compared and contrasted with actual cutting data taken from an existing laser machining database. Empirical models developed by the author are described which have been successfully used to predict cutting speeds for various thicknesses of ceramic tile.Notation A absorptivity - a thermal diffusivity (m²/s) - C specific heat (J/kgK) - d cutting depth (mm) - E _cut specific cutting energy (J/kg) - k thermal conductivity (W/mK) - J laser beam intensity (W/ m²) - L latent heat of vaporisation (J/kg) - l length of cut (mm) - n coordinate normal to cutting front - P laser power (W) - P _b laser power not interacting with the cutting front (W) - q heat input (J/s) - R radial distance (mm) - r beam radius (mm) - s substrate thickness (mm) - S _crit critical substrate thickness (mm) - T temperature (°C) - T _o ambient temperature (°C) - T _p peak temperature (°C) - T _s temperature at top surface (°C) - t time (s) - V cutting speed (mm/min) - V _opt optimum cutting speed (mm/min) - w kerf width (mm) - X, Y, Z coordinate location - x, y, z coordinate distance (mm) - conductive loss function - radiative loss function - convective loss function - angle between -coordinate andx-coordinate (rad) - coordinate parallel to bottom surface - angle of inclination of control surface w. r. t.X-axis (rad) - coupling coefficient - translated coordinate distance (mm) - density (kg/m³) - angle of inclination of control surface w.r.t.Y-axis (rad)     

基于等价热力变换分析法的热泵性能分析软件

介绍了一种等价热力变换分析法的原理及基于该方法研发的热泵性能分析软件。等价热力变换分析法,是通过定义系统能量交换过程和循环的等效热力温度,把实际热泵内不可逆循环等价变换为逆卡诺循环进行分析的方法;其使用的3个关键参数:等价逆卡诺循环的等效热源温度、等效冷凝温度和热泵理论循环的输出热流量,根据物性数据库拟合获得。而后,根据等价热力变换分析法,编制了热泵性能分析与优化软件。软件包括4个主功能模块:热泵性能单值分析、热泵性能区间分析、热泵有效能单值分析以及热泵有效能区间分析。通过选择相应的工质,并输入相应的设计参数,用户能够方便地获得相应工况下热泵的性能参数以及各环节有效能消耗数据。本软件适合变工况性能的模拟和预测,对热泵设计单位和用户有参考价值。     

A Programmable Device for Experiments Employing a Superheated Probe in the Pulsed Operation Mode

A device was developed for experiments on the controlled heating of a thin wire probe immersed in the substance being analyzed, with penetration into the region of short-lived (superheated) states of the substance. The thermostabilization of the probe, pulse-heated to the selected temperature T _pl(t > t _pl), is described. Using the iteration method, the software fits the coefficients of the heating function to reproduce the required temperature regime with an error of <0.5% over 10–20 cycles. The length of the stabilization pulse in the experiments was 1–10 ms at probe temperatures as high as 1000 K. The sensitivity of the compensation technique of relative measurements to relative changes in the thermophysical properties of a superheated substance was 10^–3 at a characteristic time of 10 s.     

Computer-aided selection of optimum machining parameters in multipass turning

In this paper a model and the interactive program system MECCANO2 for multiple criteria selection of optimal machining conditions in multipass turning is presented. Optimisation is done for the most important machining conditions: cutting speed, feed and depth of cut, with respect to combinations of the criteria, minimum unit production cost, minimum unit production time and minimum number of passes. The user can specify values of model parameters, criterion weights and desired tool life. MECCANO2 provides graphical presentation of results which makes it very suitable for application in an educational environment.Nomenclature a _min,a _max minimum and maximum depth of cut for chipbreaking [mm] - a _w maximum stock to be machined [mm] - C _a, _a, _a coefficient and exponents in the axial cutting force equation - C _r, _r, _r coefficient and exponents in the radial cutting force equation - C _T, , , coefficient and exponents in the tool life equation - C _v, _v, _v coefficient and exponents in the tangential cutting force equation - D _w maximum permissible radial deflection of workpiece [mm] - F _a axial cutting force [N] - F _b design load on bearings [N] - F _c clamping force [N] - F _k ^/* minimum value of criterionk, k=1, ...,n, when considered separately - f _m rotational flexibility of the workpiece at the point where the cutting force is applied [mm Nm^–1] - f _r radial flexibility of the workpiece at the point where the cutting force is applied [mm N^–1] - F _r radial cutting force [N] - F _tmax maximum allowed tangential force to prevent tool breakage [N] - F _v tangential cutting force [N] - k slope angle of the line defining the minimum feed as a function of depth of cut [mm] - l length of workpiece in the chuck [mm] - L length of workpiece from the chuck [mm] - L _c insert cutting edge length [mm] - M _g cost of jigs, fixtures, etc. [$] - M _o cost of labour and overheads [$/min] - M _u tool cost per cutting edge [$] - n number of criteria considered simultaneously - N _q, N_p minimum and maximum spindle speed [rev/min] - N _s batch size - N _z spindle speed for maximum power [rev/min] - P _a maximum power at the point where the power-speed characteristic curve changes (constant power range) [kW] - R tool nose radius [mm] - r workpiece radius at the cutting point [mm] - r _c workpiece radius in the chuck [mm] - s _min,s _max minimum and maximum feed for chipbreaking [mm] - T tool life [min] - T _a process adjusting time [min] - T _b loading and unloading time [min] - T _d tool change time [min] - T _des desired tool life [min] - T _h total set-up time [min] - T _t machining time [min] - V _rt speed of rapid traverse [m/min] - W volume of material to be removed [mm³] - W _k weight of criterionk, k=1, ...,n - x=[x ₁,x ₂,x ₃ ] ^T vector of decision variables - x ₁ cutting speed [m/min] - x ₂ feed [mm/rev] - x ₃ depth of cut [mm] - approach angle [rad] - _a coefficient of friction in axial direction between workpiece and chuck - _c coefficient of friction in circumferential direction between workpiece and chuck     

Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Thin Remote Microwave Plasma CVD a-Si:N:C Films from a Single-Source Precursor

Silicon carbonitride (a-Si:N:C) films produced by remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RP-CVD) were investigated. Tetramethyldisilazane as a single-source precursor and (H₂+N₂) upstream gas mixture for plasma generation were used. The influence of the upstream gas composition on the structure, density, mechanical and tribological properties of the films deposited on p-type Si (001) wafers (both heated—T _s =300°C and unheated—T _s =30°C) are reported. The H₂ RP-CVD process was found to result in the formation of outstanding low friction (0.04) and high hardness (H=27-31 GPa) a-Si:N:C films exhibiting promisingly high H/E values.     

Efficiency of Pulsed Regimes for Enhancing the Breakdown Strength of Vacuum Insulation

Processing the experimental data on breakdown delay time in a vacuum was used to obtain the function K (t _p) of the relative change in the field gain factor at microscopic inhomogeneities of the cathode surface resulting from the realization of optimum pulse conditioning regimes. It is shown that over the range of pulse durations 10^–8 t _p 10^–6 s, the relative change in the state of the cathode surface corresponds to the relative changes in the breakdown strength of all-metal electrodes and to the voltage of the appearance of local flashes in a system of evaporated electrodes—a microchannel plate and the screen of an image intensifier. Applying optimum regimes for conditioning the surface with pulses of durations t _p < 10^–8 s makes it possible to achieve the limiting breakdown strength determined by the cathode mechanism of breakdown initiation.     

Elastic–plastic solid disk with nonuniform heat source subjected to external pressure

The elastic–plastic stress distribution of a solid disk due to nonuniform heat source under external pressure is investigated in this work. The nonuniform heat generation rate is taken to be a function of the radial position in the form , where a denotes radius of the solid disk; q₀, n and s are constants. The exact solution presented is based on the usual assumptions of plane stress, Tresca's yield condition, its associated flow rule and linear strain hardening material behaviour. According to this analysis, the plastic core in the general case consists of three parts with different forms of the yield condition. The present solution is illustrated by numerical results and is compared with uniform heat generation case. This work provides the basis for a comprehensive investigation of the influence of nonuniform heat generation.     

Optimization of Parameters of the Gamma-Absorption Method of Measuring the Layer Thickness of a Two-Layer Composition

Mathematical relations are obtained and a technique of determining the requirements for the relative measurement errors ₁ and ₂ in signals recorded for prescribed errors in measuring the composition layer thicknesses is proposed. It is shown that the density fluctuations of materials affect the thickness measurement errors. Analytic expressions determining the optimum gamma-quantum energies E ₁ and E ₂ (E ₁ < E ₂) for arbitrary values of ₁ and ₂ are derived. On the basis of these expressions, it is concluded that the optimum energies are independent of the densities of the materials and their dimensions. With reference to an Al{C composition, it is shown that for the gamma-quantumenergy ranges considered (0.04–1.25 MeV), the admissible values of E ₁ lie on a bounded interval 0.04–0.12 MeV, the optimum values of E ₂ are related to E ₁ by an approximate relation E _2opt/E ₁ 2.5–3.2, and the best characteristics with respect to the thickness measurement errors are reached as E ₁ E _1min = 0:04 MeV.     

高循环稳定性碳化钛/氧化石墨烯复合超级电容

二维材料碳化钛(Ti₃C₂T_x)因具有高导电性和大比表面积的特点,在作为超级电容电极材料时,可以实现较高的能量密度。然而,Ti₃C₂T_x在储能过程中会出现不可逆的氧化失活反应,而且它与基底间的结合力较差,这将导致碳化钛超级电容的循环稳定性欠佳,极大地阻碍了其作为电极材料的广泛应用。将Ti₃C₂T_x作为活性层与氧化石墨烯(GO)分层复合制作成超级电容电极,覆盖在Ti₃C₂T_x薄膜之上的GO层可以削弱氧化失活反应。同时,对电极的热处理可提升Ti₃C₂T_x对基底的附着力。这使得Ti₃C₂T_x/GO复合电极的充放电循环稳定性明显改善,在5 000次循环之后其容量仍高于初始容量。该设计可为制备高循环稳定性超...     

Drill and clamping interface in high-performance drilling

The behaviour of a drill and a clamping unit was investigated in high-performance drilling. Some clamping units were characterised experimentally. In a series of experiments, the free-rotating drill behaviour, and the drilling events were investigated under high-performance conditions. A non-rotating measurement system, including proper procedures for signal processing, enabled the presentation of all measured values in terms and coordinates of the rotating tool. This led to a better understanding of the first-contact event, the penetration and the full drilling phases, as well as the influence of the clamping unit under different cutting conditions.Notation F impulse test exciting force [N] - Fz drilling axial force [N] - F _x F _y drilling lateral force components [N] - F _T drilling table speed (mm min^–1) - L drill overhang - T drilling torque [Nm] - X, Y, Z world coordinates [mm] - X _T,Y _T,Z _T rotating tool coordinates [mm] - _L hole location error [mm] - drill diameter [mm] - rotating angle [°] - R drill end circular movement fadius in world coordinates [mm] - X, Y drill end deflection in world coordinates [mm] - X _T, Y _T drill end deflection in world coordinates [mm] =2R     

Abrasive wear performance of carbon fabric reinforced polyetherimide composites: Influence of content and orientation of fabric

Dry abrasive wear performance of five plain weave carbon fabric (CF) reinforced Polyetherimide (PEI) composites, developed with increasing CF contents (in the step of 10 vol%) is reported in this paper. It was observed that composite reinforced with 65 vol% CF (IP₆₅) exhibited the best tensile and shear strength and closely followed the leader (IP₇₅) in flexural strength. IP₆₅ when abraded against silicon carbide paper showed highest wear resistance (W_R) and lowest friction coefficient (μ) among all composites. The composites IP₈₅ and IP₄₀ containing highest and lowest amount of CF respectively showed least enhancement in strength properties and poorest wear performance. Parallel studies on the influence of fabric orientation with respect to the sliding plane and direction, on W_R showed that when CF was oriented parallel to the sliding plane, it had poorest wear resistance. The performance improved for the composites when fabric was oriented normal to the plane. The parallel or anti-parallel orientation of warp or weft fibers with respect to sliding direction showed marginal changes in friction and wear performance. Wear mechanisms were suggested and strongly supported by worn surface analysis using SEM.Efforts were also done to investigate the wear-property correlation. It was observed that the W_R was directly proportional to the product of interlaminar shear strength (I_s) and elastic modulus (E). Fairly good linearity was shown for specific wear rate (K₀) as a function of factor (μP/I_sE) where μ is coefficient of friction and P is the normal pressure (N/mm²).     

Multiple-objective optimisation of machining operations based on neural networks

Metal cutting plays an important role in manufacturing industries. Optimisation of cutting parameters represents a key component in machining process planning. In this paper, a neural network based approach to multiple-objective optimization of cutting parameters is presented. First, the problem of determining the optimum machining parameters is formulated as a multiple-objective optimization problem. Then, neural networks are proposed to represent manufacturers' preference structures. To demonstrate the procedure and performance of the neural network approach, an illustrative example is discussed in detail.Nomenclature v cutting speed (m/min) - f feed rate per revolution (mm/rev) - d depth of cut per pass (mm) - T _p total operation time per part (min) - T _i set-up time per part (min) - T _c tool change time (min) - T _i idle time per part (min) - C _p cost per part ($) - C _t cost of tool per piece ($) - C _l labor cost per unit time ($/min) - C _o overhead per unit time ($/min) - V volume to be removed per part (mm³) - MRR metal removal rate (mm³/min) - TL tool life (min) - SR surface roughness (m) - H _p arithmetic centre-line average (m) - P cutting power (kW) - F cutting force (kg) - interface temperature (°C)     

A continuously emitting electric discharge UV lamp

A UV lamp pumped by a dc-current glow discharge in a mixture of helium with iodine vapors inside a quartz discharge tube with an interelectrode distance of 50 cm is described. For the power deposited in discharge (W _el 200 W), the total power emitted by the lamp in the spectral range 200–350 nm is as high as 27 W with an efficiency of 18 %. The lamp service life in the gas-static mode is 400–500 h. The emission is distributed almost equally between the spectral line of iodine atoms = 206.2 nm) 0.12 nm wide and the electron vibrational bands of I₂(B-X) molecules _max = 342 nm). The optimal helium partial pressure is 600–800 Pa.Translated from Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, No. 1, 2005, pp. 119–121.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Shuaibov, Grabovaya.     

A photo-thermally stimulated exoemission technique used to study the properties of HTSC ceramics based on YBa<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>3</Subscript>O<Subscript>7−δ</Subscript>

The method of photo-thermally stimulated exoelectron emission (PTSE) is used to study the processes in the surface layers of HTSC ceramics based on YBa₂Cu₃O_7–. A correlation is observed between variations of the exoemission current and the transition to the superconducting state. The experimentally detected hysteresis in the PTSE intensity of YBa₂Cu₃O_7– ceramics, when thermally cycled in the range T=80–160 K, is limited by two processes. Below T=90 K, the chemisorption has a significant effect on the physical phenomena under study, thus impeding the search for new PTSE regularities in HTSC ceramics. At the same time, exoemission properties of the ceramics considerably change in the range 80–160 K. It is also shown that the superconducting transition and the thermal absorption phenomena for an YBa₂Cu₃O_6.8 specimen are split in the studied temperature range, which allows the PTSE technique to detect the superconducting state and to observe the transition dynamics.Translated from Defektoskopiya, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2004, pp. 54–59.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Syurdo, Kortov, Milman, Slesarev, Mikhailovich.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

Broad-Band Measurements of Electromagnetic Properties of Film-Shaped Materials Using Striplines

Two broad-band techniques for measuring the electromagnetic properties of isotropic film-shaped materials are presented. The electromagnetic properties are computed from S-parameter measurements of coplanar and microstrip lines. These lines can be used as cells, propagating the quasi-TEM mode. The measurements are easy to be implemented. They are carried out with a network analyzer and on-wafer systems covering 0.05–40 GHz. The quasi-TEM dispersion is very low for a coplanar cell shape such as h>W+2S. Thus, an extraction method of the coplanar substrate properties ( _r , _r ) has been developed from analytical relationships. It is faster than the microstrip extraction method, which requires a numerical analysis method of the propagation in order to take into account the quasi-TEM dispersion. Moreover, a theoretical study of the electromagnetic propagation through these cells is presented. It has allowed us to determinate the best cell to be used according to the material properties to be characterized. Measured _r and _r data for several materials are presented in the 0.05–40 GHz frequency range. These techniques show good agreement between measured and predicted values. However, the loss tangent measurements of low-loss materials are not possible with these techniques.