Modeling the Electromagnetic Scattering by 3-D Objects in a Layered Media. Electromagnetic Active Detection of Metallic Targets

Abstract

The underwater electromagnetic (EM) active detection technique attempts to reveal a stealth iron-hull vessel (submarine or surface warship) located in a horizontal layer of seawater. Our goal is to numerically investigate the EM scattering process in the presence of a metallic vessel of arbitrary shape placed inside a lossy media. To solve the EM scattering problem involving perfectly conducting (PEC) objects we make use of the Method of Moments (MoM) integral equation technique. The EM scattering numerical code was written in Fortran. The solution is applied to the investigation of EM scattering by a submarine modelled as a tapered long cylinder plus the tower when is placed in different positions relative to the source and the sensors. It is shown that, by an appropriate design of the experiment, the signal indicating the presence of the target can be increased relative to the signal obtained in its absence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA436222

Entities

People

  • Marius S. Birsan

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Integral Equations
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Method Of Moments
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering