A nonuniform transmission-line approach for modeling bends on transmission lines

A novel approach for modeling the discontinuities of transmission lines such as conductors with bends and varying size is proposed. The effect from the discontinuities is incorporated in the per-unit-length parameters of nonuniform transmission-line equations. For canonical problems, our approach yields correct results. For a more general case, a comparison between our calculations and experimental data reported in the literature shows good general agreement. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.