DocumentCode :
1390527
Title :
Is relativity relevant for the electrical engineer?
Author :
Blade, Jean
Author_Institution :
Laboratorium Voor Elektromagnetisme en Acustica Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41 B-9000 Gent Belgium
Volume :
31
Issue :
2
fYear :
1989
fDate :
4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
4
Lastpage :
12
Abstract :
For most of us Relativity evokes intricate formal manipulations, pleasing to the professional mathematician, but awe-inspiring, and even repulsive, to the average EE. And yet, Physics of the greatest importance hides behind the forest of tensors and fourdimensional symbols which confronts the reader of relativistic texts. Einstein\´s fundamental 1905 paper, "Zur Elektrodynamik Bewegter Korper", already contains, in its title, the reason why the Physics of Relativity may indeed be relevant to the Electrical Engineer [l]. The present paper endeavors to develop this idea by discussing, in very broad terms and without much rigor, a number of problems whch may be solved correctly and concisely by applying relativistic methods.
Keywords :
Dielectrics; Educational institutions; Equations; Laboratories; Meetings; Receivers; Slabs;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Society Newsletter, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
2168-0329
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.1989.6095661
Filename :
6095661
Link To Document :
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