Abstract
FollowingDmitriev (1960) a rigorous theoretical solution for the problem of scattering by a perfectly conducting inclined half-plane buried in a uniform conductive half-space has been obtained for plane wave excitation. The resultant integral equation for the Laplace transform of scattering current in the half-plane is solved numerically by the method of successive approximation. The scattered fields at the surface of the half-space are found by integrating the half-space Green's function over the transform of the scattering current.
The effects of depth of burial and inclination, of the half-plane on the scattered fields are studied in detail. An increase in the depth of burial leads to attenuation of the fields. Inclination introduces asymmetry in the field profiles beside affecting its magnitude. Depth of exploration is greater for quadrature component. An interpretation scheme based on a phasor diagram is presented for the VLF-EM method of exploration for rich vein deposits in a conductive terrain.
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Abbreviations
- x, y, z :
-
Space co-ordinates
- σ:
-
Half-space conductivity
- μ0 :
-
Free-space permeability
- ω:
-
Excitation frequency (angular)
- T :
-
Time
- h :
-
Depth of the half-plane
- a :
-
Inclination of the half-plane
- E x :
-
x-Directed total electric field
- E px :
-
x-Directed primary electric field
- E pxo :
-
x-Directed primary electric field atz=0 directly over the half-plane
- H y :
-
y-Component of total magnetic field
- H py :
-
y-Component of primary magnetic field
- H py0 :
-
y-Component of primary magnetic field atz=0 directly over the half-plane
- H z :
-
z-Component of total magnetic field
- H pz :
-
z-Component of primary magnetic field
- J x :
-
Surface density ofx-directed scattering current
- G :
-
Green's function
- k 0,K :
-
Wave numbers
- u,u 0,u 1,u 2 :
-
Functions
- ζ:
-
Space co-ordinate
- s :
-
Variable in transform domain
- γ:
-
Variable of integration
- ϕ:
-
Normalized scattering current
- Ф:
-
Laplace transform of ϕ
- N :
-
Normalized Ф
- η, η0, η1, η2 :
-
Functions
- t :
-
Variable of integration
- δ:
-
Skin depth
- H :
-
Total magnetic field
- H p :
-
Primary magnetic field
- H p0 :
-
Primary magnetic field atz=0 directly over the half-plane
- M,Q,R,S,U,V :
-
Functions
- N 1,N 2 :
-
Functions
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Poddar, M. Electromagnetic scattering by a perfectly conducting half-plane in a conductive half-space. PAGEOPH 119, 1024–1036 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00878967
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