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Complex Permittivity of Sand at Low Frequency

저주파수 영역에서 측정된 사질토의 유전특성

  • Oh Myoung Hak (Research Institute of Energy and Resources, Seoul National Univ.) ;
  • Kim Yong Sung (School of Civil, Urban & Geosystem Eng., Seoul National Univ.) ;
  • Park Jun Boum (School of Civil, Urban & Geosystem Eng., Seoul National Univ.) ;
  • Yoon Hyun Suk (Geotechnical Engrg. Research Dept., Korea Institute of Construction Technology(KICT))
  • Published : 2005.03.01
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Abstract

This study was performed to identify the presence of measurement distortions such as electrode polarization and to investigate the influence of soil water content on complex permittivity at low frequency. In low frequency measurement using two-terminal electrode system, electrode polarization effect was observed at frequencies less than approximately 100 HBz. The analysis for real permittivity should be performed at frequencies above 100 kHz in order to exclude electrode polarization effect in the analysis of real permittivity at low frequency measurements. For a given soil, both of real and effective imaginary permittivity of wet soil increased continuously with volumetric water content. This is evidenced by the facts that the real permittivity is proportional to the number of dipole moments per unit volume and effective imaginary permittivity is effected by the conduction due to water. However, proportional relation between real permittivity and volumetric water content is valid at upper MHz frequencies.

본 연구에서는 저주파수 영역에서 유전상수 측정시 발생할 수 있는 왜곡효과를 규명하고, 함수비에 따른 사질토의 유전상수 변화를 실수부와 허수부를 구분하여 조사하였다. 축전기 형태의 셀에서 유전상수를 측정하는 경우 100kHz 이하의 주파수 영역에서 전극분극효과에 의하여 실제 매질의 유전상수보다 크게 측정되었기 때문에 전극 분극효과에 의한 영향을 배제하기 위해서는 100kHz 이상의 주파수에서 유전상수가 평가되어야 하는 것으로 판단되었다. 함수비에 따른 사질토의 유전상수를 평가한 결과 체적함수비 증가에 따라 연속적인 증가경향을 나타내었다. 이는 유전상수 실수부의 경우에는 사질토에서 발생하는 분극이 단위체적당 쌍극자 모멘트에 비례하기 때문이며, 유전상수 허수부의 경우에는 함수비 증가에 따른 전도손실량이 증가하기 때문이다. 그러나 유전상수 실수부에서의 체적함수비에 따른 증가경향은 공간전하분극의 영향이 크지 많은 1MHz 이상의 주파수 영역에서 유효한 것으로 나타났다.

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