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- Title
Effect of grain direction on transmittance of 100-GHz millimeter wave for hinoki ( Chamaecyparis obtusa).
- Authors
Tanaka, Soichi; Fujiwara, Yuko; Fujii, Yoshihisa; Okumura, Shogo; Togo, Hiroyoshi; Kukutsu, Naoya; Nagatsuma, Tadao
- Abstract
The attenuation coefficients of 100-GHz millimeter waves polarized linearly were measured for cross-cut, quarter-sawn, and flat-sawn boards of hinoki ( Chamaecyparis obtusa) that were 0.2-2.0 cm thick. This was done to examine the applicability of free-wave propagation theory for applying electromagnetic waves to wood. It was found that the transmittance of a millimeter wave through the specimen boards was lower when the fiber direction of a board was parallel to the direction of the electric field of the incident wave than when the fiber direction was perpendicular to the electric field, and there was little difference in the transmittance between the tangential and radial directions for the former case. These findings can be quantitatively explained by using propagation theory and the dielectric properties of wood.
- Subjects
MILLIMETER waves; TRANSMISSOMETERS; ANISOTROPY; CHAMAECYPARIS obtusa; WOOD quality
- Publication
Journal of Wood Science, 2011, Vol 57, Issue 3, p189
- ISSN
1435-0211
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10086-010-1160-z