723069-5-3P AID: 223712 | 06/11/2020

Propagation experiment in a road tunnel:

The cut off frequency for TEmn mode of rectangular wave guide is given by

1  m 2 2 n 2 2 
f mn    2 
2 u  a   1
2
b  ------
Here,

f mn = cut off frequency of

TEmn mode
u = permeability of the medium

 = permittivity of the medium

a = width of rectangular wave guide

b = height of rectangular wave guide

1
 3 1010 cm / sec2
a) The given medium is Air (For air, u )

a=17m, b=4.9m

For cut off frequency of TE10 mode is given by

1  12  2 
f10   
2 u  a 
2
 ------ (2)

Substituting the given values in equation (2)

3 108 
f10  
2 17

f10  8.82 106 Hz

f10  8.82MHz

For cut off frequency of TE01 mode is given by

1  12  2 
f 01   
2 u  b 
2
 ------ (3)

Substituting the given values in equation (3)

3 108 
f 01  
2 4.9

f 01  30.6  106 Hz

f 01  30.6 MHz

b)

The lowest orders of modes that do not propagate at 100MHz FM frequency are TE 92 and
TM92

Since the cut off frequencies of these modes is given by

1  92  2 22  2 
f 92    2 
2 u  a 
2
b  ------ (4)

Substituting the given values in equation (4)

3 108  92  2 22  2 
f 92    
2  17 2 4.92 

f 92  100.3 106 Hz

f 92  100.3MHz
The cut off frequencies of the TE92 and TM92 are higher than 100MHz .therefore TE92 and
TM92 modes and above modes does not propagate.