Bistatic Radar Cross Section of a Perfectly Conducting Rhombus-Shaped Flat Plate

Abstract

The bistatic radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate that has a rhombus shape (equilateral parallelogram) is investigated. The Ohio State University electromagnetic surface patch code (ESP version 4) is used to compute the theoretical bistatic radar cross section of a 35- x 27-in rhombus plate at 1.3 GHz over the bistatic angles 15 deg to 142 deg. The ESP-4 computer code is a method of moments FORTRAN-77 program which can analyze general configurations of plates and wires. This code has been installed and modified at Lincoln Laboratory on a SUN 3 computer network. Details of the code modifications are described. Comparisons of the method of moments simulations and measurements of the rhombus plate are made. It is shown that the ESP-4 computer code provides a high degree of accuracy in the calculation of copolarized and cross-polarized bistatic radar cross section patterns. Keywords: Electromagnetic surfaces; Method of moments; Computer programs; Radar cross sections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223418

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Fenn

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Aspect Angle
  • Bistatic Radar
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Measurement
  • Method Of Moments
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Structural Dynamics.