NEAR-FIELD SHIELDING AND REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS OF ANISOTROPIC LAMINATED PLANAR COMPOSITES

A theoretical model is proposed to study the nearfield shielding and r eflection characteristics of anisotropic laminated planar composites, Specifically, the plane-wave spectral representation is used to expres s the dipole held and the wave-transmission matrix technique is employ ed to deal with the transmitted and reflected fields. In this study, n umerical results for graphite/epoxy (G/E) and boron/epoxy (B/E) compos ites are presented to discuss, in detail, the effects of varying the o bservation distance, number of layers, lamina thickness, fiber conduct ivity, and fiber orientation pattern, Comparison nit-h the measured re sults and the previous published ones are also included to confirm the accuracy of this proposed model.