The Small-Slope Approximation for Monostatic Scattering

Abstract

By using a variational principle for scattering by rough interfaces, the functional derivative of the scattered part of an acoustic field originating from a point source is derived directly in the time domain. This general result is specialized to the case of scattering by surfaces on which fields satisfy Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is shown that when the small-slope approximation is used for surface fields, a simple result can be obtained for monostatic scattering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253065

Entities

People

  • David H. Berman

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Boundaries
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Integrals
  • Perturbation Theory
  • Perturbations
  • Plane Waves
  • Potential Scattering
  • Scattering
  • Surface Roughness
  • Time Domain
  • Two Dimensional
  • Variational Principles
  • Wave Equations
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering