Electrodynamic Analysis of a Circular Waveguide with Thin Metal Ribs

Abstract

We solve the problem of electrodynamic analysis of the mode composition of radiation in a circular waveguide with thin radial metal ribs. Algorithms for calculation of cutoff wave numbers and components of the electromagnetic fields of the H and E modes have been developed with allowance for the singularity of the field behavior near a thin metal rib. Spectral characteristics of the waveguide are studied. Structures of the electromagnetic fields of the fundamental mode and the higher modes are determined.