A MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION WITH THE WAKE OF RE-ENTRY BODIES

Abstract

The laminar wake of a re-entry vehicle is simulated by a system of cylindrical plasma shells. The radar cross-section per unit length is found, taking into account the energy losses due to collisions. Numerical results await completion of a computer program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0414819

Entities

People

  • J. E. White Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Bessel Functions
  • Boundaries
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Government Procurement
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plane Waves
  • Time Dependence
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Equations
  • Wave Functions
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.