CHAPTER 10 RADIO WAVES Maritime Safety （第十章无线电波海上安全）.pdf

CHAPTER 10 RADIO WAVES ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION 1000. Source of Radio Waves at zero, increases to a maximum as the rotor completes one quarter of its revolution, and falls to zero when the rotor Consider electric current as a flow of electrons along a completes one half of its revolution. The current then conductor between points of differing potential. A direct approaches a negative maximum; then it once again returns current flows continuously in the same direction. This would to zero. This cycle can be represented by a sine function. occur if the polarity of the electromotive force causing the The relationship between the current and the magnetic electron flow were constant, such as is the case with a battery. field strength induced in the conductor through which the If, however, the current is induced by the relative motion current is flowing is shown in Figure 1001. Recall from the between a conductor and a magnetic field, such as is the case discussion above that this field strength is proportional to the in a rotating machine called a generator, then the resulting magnitude of the current; that is, if the current is represented current changes direction in the conductor as the polarity of the by a sine wave function, then so too will be the magnetic field electromotive force changes with the rotation of the strength resulting from that current. This characteristic shape generator’s rotor. This is known as alternating current.