MONOSTATIC AND BISTATIC MEASUREMENT OF SCATTERING SHAPES AND SYNTHESIS OF SCATTERING SHAPES

Abstract

Research was concerned with: (1) the development of scatter-signal measuring equipment capable of recording bistatic phase and amplitude information as a function of target aspect, and (2) the study, theoretically and experimentally, of methods of synthesizing targets to exhibit precribed scattering properties. It was shown by representative examples that the far-field scattered waveform for short-pulse excitation of scatterers is relatively simple in form and can be related to geometrical and constitutive parameters of the scatterer. It also appears that a reasonable approximation to the response to impulsive plane-wave excitation can be obtained by superposition of scattering values at a number of equally spaced harmonic frequencies. If existing solutions or experimental data for additional scatterers are presented in this form, it should be possible to develop simple rules for predicting the waveform quite generally. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0255839

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Kennaugh

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Doppler Effect
  • Excitation
  • Experimental Data
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Measurement
  • Plane Waves
  • Scattering
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects