A MODIFIED FOCK FUNCTION.

Abstract

When a high frequency plane electromagnetic wave is tangentially incident upon a locally parabolic convex surface, the distribution of the induced current near the shadow boundary is described by the Fock function (Fock, 1946). A modified Fock function is obtained to describe the current distribution on a smooth convex boundary composed of a flat plane smoothly joined to a parabolic cylinder with the join in the penumbra region. Both analytical and numerical methods are used to obtain the modified Fock function which now depends on the distance between the shadow boundary and the flat plane-parabolic cylinder join. The modified Fock function is applied to estimate the backscattering cross section of a cone-sphere. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0477155

Entities

People

  • Seong Hyeon Hong
  • V. H. Weston

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Boundaries
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Radio Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering