Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir

The main objective of this research is to determine the dielectric constant of a concrete block using the CST Microwave Studio at frequency 8-12GHz(X-Band) and thus compare the result from the real environment measurement setup. Microwave non Destructive testing is a method used to determine the cha...

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Main Author:	Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79639/1/79639.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.796392023-09-19T04:47:26Z Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir 2017 Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi The main objective of this research is to determine the dielectric constant of a concrete block using the CST Microwave Studio at frequency 8-12GHz(X-Band) and thus compare the result from the real environment measurement setup. Microwave non Destructive testing is a method used to determine the characteristic of a material without changing its natural properties. Concrete block has an ideal characteristic of dielectric constant which is in between 2.1 - 2.3. For this particular research, 2.2 is chosen as the benchmark to be obeyed. Besides the dielectric constant, the behavior of wave propagating through a Gaussian Optic Lens antenna is also studied and how the wave penetrates the concrete block is also focused on. The simulations are done using the CST Microwave Studio software and Microwave Non destructive Testing (MNDT) environment is modelled accordingly to get the results. There are 10 concrete blocks which are chosen to be the sample for this research. The values of dielectric constant of each sample are obtained from the real measurement setup. The most flexible solver is chosen which is the transient solver and with this solver it is possible to obtain the broadband frequency behavior of the simulated device from only one calculation run. All results from simulation are observed and discussions are made from the result. From the simulation, the average value of dielectric constant is 2.5874 which is greater than the benchmark for this research set at 2.2 and the average percentage error between simulation and real measurement is 0.24754%. From this research, a conclusion can be made where the Free Space Measurement Method environment modelling using CST Simulation is only possible to be recreated when enough information about the antenna design is provided. Therefore a close approximation is taken, where waveguide port approximation method is used, in order to meet the objective of this research where dielectric constant value needed to be determine thus compare all simulated values to the real measurement values. 2017 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79639/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/79639/1/79639.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Saad, Hasnida
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description	The main objective of this research is to determine the dielectric constant of a concrete block using the CST Microwave Studio at frequency 8-12GHz(X-Band) and thus compare the result from the real environment measurement setup. Microwave non Destructive testing is a method used to determine the characteristic of a material without changing its natural properties. Concrete block has an ideal characteristic of dielectric constant which is in between 2.1 - 2.3. For this particular research, 2.2 is chosen as the benchmark to be obeyed. Besides the dielectric constant, the behavior of wave propagating through a Gaussian Optic Lens antenna is also studied and how the wave penetrates the concrete block is also focused on. The simulations are done using the CST Microwave Studio software and Microwave Non destructive Testing (MNDT) environment is modelled accordingly to get the results. There are 10 concrete blocks which are chosen to be the sample for this research. The values of dielectric constant of each sample are obtained from the real measurement setup. The most flexible solver is chosen which is the transient solver and with this solver it is possible to obtain the broadband frequency behavior of the simulated device from only one calculation run. All results from simulation are observed and discussions are made from the result. From the simulation, the average value of dielectric constant is 2.5874 which is greater than the benchmark for this research set at 2.2 and the average percentage error between simulation and real measurement is 0.24754%. From this research, a conclusion can be made where the Free Space Measurement Method environment modelling using CST Simulation is only possible to be recreated when enough information about the antenna design is provided. Therefore a close approximation is taken, where waveguide port approximation method is used, in order to meet the objective of this research where dielectric constant value needed to be determine thus compare all simulated values to the real measurement values.
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author	Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi
spellingShingle	Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
author_facet	Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi
author_sort	Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hanafi
title	Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
title_short	Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
title_full	Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
title_fullStr	Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
title_full_unstemmed	Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir
title_sort	simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (mndt) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 ghz (x-band) in cst microwave studio / mohd hanafi mohd nasir
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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publishDate	2017
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Simulation of microwave no destructive testing environment (MNDT) to determine dielectric constant of concrete block using waveguide port approximation at 8-12 GHz (x-band) in CST microwave studio / Mohd Hanafi Mohd Nasir

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