A Computer Model for the Transmission Characteristics of Dielectric Radomes

Abstract

The electric far field radiation pattern is determined for a uniformly illuminated, linearly polarized circular aperture transmitting through a dielectric radome located in the near field of the aperture. A modified electric field integral equation is solved using the method of moments procedure and the thin shell approximation for dielectrics. The resulting solution was computer coded for ogive and spherical radome shapes. The program is designed in a modular fashion to accommodate the addition of different antenna types, illumination functions or radome shapes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA251668

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Francis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Revolution
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dielectrics
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Geometry
  • Integral Equations
  • Materials
  • Method Of Moments
  • Near Field
  • Radiation Patterns

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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