Analytic Modeling of the Radar Scattering Characteristics of Aircraft.

Abstract

The report investigates the electromagnetic radar scattering parameters for a complex airborne target at high frequencies. The components of the target are modeled by simple geometrical shapes, which include ellipsoids, elliptical plates, and semi-infinite cylinders with proper terminations located a finite distance from the opening end. The back-scattered fields from ellipsoids, elliptical plates, and semi-infinite elliptical cylinders are derived by using ray-optical methods. The back-scattered fields from the semi-infinite cylinder with terminations are obtained by employing the Wiener-Hopf techniques and Generalized Scattering Matrix method. These back-scattered fields from individual components are subsequently combined in a consistent manner that takes into consideration the geometrical phase delay and shadowing effect, thus, yielding the total scattered field from the target. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0773685

Entities

People

  • C. A. Chuang
  • Raj Mittra
  • Seh Wook Lee

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Ellipsoids
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Radio Frequency
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering