Tutorial 10

Problem Consider an incident wave of 1MHz propagating in the see water with σ=4S/m, and ε r’=81.
Find the skin depth, wavelength, and phase velocity.
Solution We first evaluate the loss tangent, using the given data:
 4
  8.9  102  1
 ' 2  106  81  8.85  1012
Seawater is therefore a good conductor at 1MHz or frequencies lower than this.
1 1
   0.25m=25cm
 f    10  4  107  4
6
The skin depth is

1 1 2
     2  1.6m
  
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vp     1.6  106 m s
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