A METHOD FOR THE THEORETICAL DETERMINATION OF THE RADAR CROSS-SECTION OF AIRCRAFT
Abstract
A technique is described for the theoretical determination of the radar cross-section of aircraft and missiles. The technique involves repre enting the gr external eatures of the aircraft or missile by a collection of simple shapes; next calculating manually the cross-section of each of these various shapes; and finally combining the various component crosssections so as to arrive at the final crosssection. A modification of the technique is especially amenable to use with a modern digital computer, simply on a computer, and to consider those problems inherent in the development of an actual computer program to accomplish the computation of the radar cross-section of interest. The probable accuracy in the technique presented is estimated to be within a factor of 2 or 3, or between 3 and 5 decibels. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 24, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0288677
Entities
People
- Robert J. Budnitz
Organizations
- Center for Naval Analyses