Approximate Methods for Obtaining the Complex Natural Electromagnetic Oscillations of an Object.

Abstract

The complex natural resonances (poles) of an object are excitation (aspect and polarization) independent. The primary goal of this dissertation is to develop a rational function approximation (RFA) for use in pole extraction from the measured scattering spectrum data of broadband radar systems. Applications of the RFA are demonstrated for a variety of simple as well as complex objects. The results obtained are compared with those poles extracted using other methods. To overcome noise problems, two preprocessing techniques--a sum operator and a zero-phase-shift digital filter are developed. The minimum signal-to-noise ratio (additive) is explored such that reliable pole extraction is still feasible. Finally, RFA are applied to the measured data of complex geometric targets (scale models of aircraft).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143913

Entities

People

  • D. L. Moffatt
  • T. C. Lee

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Backscattering
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Curve Fitting
  • Diffraction
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Errors
  • Geometry
  • Integral Equations
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Scattering
  • Target Recognition

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.