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Microwave dielectric behavior of soils. Report 3. Measurement and modeling. Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7207237

Making use of a coaxial reflection/transmission experimental procedure described in Report 2 of this series, a large number of complex dielectric property measurements were made of soil samples that ranged in texture from a poorly graded sand to a pure nonswelling clay mineral. Two methods of modeling the results are discussed. One is an equivalent circuit representation that accounts for both low-frequency conductivity and higher frequency dielectric relaxation losses in the soil/water mixture. The other model consists of a fractal description of soil structure combined with the concept of long-range electrical connectivity at less than 100 percent saturation.

Research Organization:
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
OSTI ID:
7207237
Report Number(s):
AD-A-276060/1/XAB; WES/TR/EL--93-25-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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