Radar-Enabled Millimeter-Wave Sensing of Fire Interactions

F Schenkel, T Schultze, C Baer… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the impact of fire on electromagnetic waves within a 70–90 GHz
frequency range. To gain a deeper understanding of interactions between fire and radar …

Flame-Millimeter-Wave-Interactions: A Radar-Based Sensor Concept

F Schenkel, C Baer, I Rolfes… - 2023 IEEE Sensors …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the effects of an ethanol flame on an electromagnetic wave in the
frequency range of 68–92 GHz. For a better understanding of the interaction between fire …

Radiowave propagation modelling of dual wildfire front spreading over hilly terrain at 700 MHz

S Faria, M Vala, P Coimbra, N Leonor… - 2021 Telecoms …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a study of a fire front spreading over flat and sloped terrains and how these fire
fronts may have impact on radiowave communications are presented. The phenomenon is …

Effects of Fire Plumes From Pine Needles on Small-Scale Fading in Radiowave Propagation

M Vala, S Faria, P Coimbra, N Leonor… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, radiowave fading caused by fire plumes due to the burning of heaps of pine
needles is studied. Detailed characterization of the fire impact in terms of excess loss due to …

Analytical studies of refractive index variation in pine needles media under wildfire conditions

S Faria, M Vala, P Coimbra, J Felício… - 2021 15th European …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a range of refractive indexes found in simulations of fire scenarios, considering
the Cold Plasma Model, is explored. The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) was used to model …

Comparative study of computational electromagnetics applied to radiowave propagation in wildfires

S Faria, M Vala, P Coimbra, J Felício… - … Symposium of the …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a comparative study of four computational electromagnetic techniques to
model the 2-dimensional radiowave propagation phenomena in wildfires, is proposed. The …

A study on small sensor node antenna performance camouflaged under grassland fire

TES Oliveira, M Vala, S Faria, JR Reis… - … International Internet of …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, the impact of vegetation and fire on the radiation pattern of a small antenna to
be used in a WSN sensor node, is studied. The proposed antenna used in this study is …

Microwaves propagation through a small fire curtain at 3.55 GHz and 6.26 GHz and the impact on vital signs detection by using a four-element patch antenna array

S Miclăuş, D Vatamanu, R Mitran… - IOP Conference Series …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of the presence of a fire curtain not wider than 7 cm on an air path 150 cm long of
two continuous waves at frequencies of 3.55 GHz and 6.26 GHz was quantified. Two …

A Combined ITM and LITU-R Model for Enhanced Radio Coverage Predictions of Mission-Critical Communications in Mountainous Vegetated Terrains

N Leonor, S Faria, M Vala… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a combined model for appropriate radio coverage of mission-critical
push-to-talk communications in mountainous vegetated terrains. The proposed model uses …

Small Antennas For 5G and IoT

TES Oliveira - 2022 - iconline.ipleiria.pt
In this dissertation, the author's work on small form factor antennas for 5th Generation of
mobile network (5G), Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), is …