Bistatic radar cross section for a perfectly conducting rhombus-shaped flat plate: simulations and measurements

Fenn, Alan J.; Lutz, J.E.

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“…Since the simplest possible shape of an elementary patch is a flat polygon, accurate RCS calculation for such a geometry is extremely important. A very large number of papers has been devoted to the application of various techniques, either analytical or numerical, to the RCS calculation of perfectly conducting (PEC), polygonal flat plates or disks [ Ross , 1966; Gordon , 1975; Hodge , 1980; Sikta et al ., 1983; Michaeli , 1987; Atkins and Shin , 1988; Pelosi et al ., 1990; Breinbjerg , 1992; Mahadevan et al ., 1992; Fenn and Lutz , 1993; Gordon , 1994; Johansen and Breinbjerg , 1995; Kobayashi and Hongo , 1997]. The analysis has been extended to dielectric flat plates and disks [ Le Vine , 1984; Willis et al ., 1988; Pelosi et al ., 2000], coated PEC flat plates [ Bhattacharyya and Tandon , 1984; Wu et al ., 1995; Corona et al ., 2000], or even curved plates [ Medgyesi and Putnam , 1990; Kobayashi et al , 2000; Ying , 2001].…”

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A closed form, physical optics expression for the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate over a dielectric half‐space

Anastassiu

2003

Radio Science

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[1] The physical optics approximation is employed in the derivation of a closed form expression for the radar cross section (RCS) of a flat, perfectly conducting plate of various shapes, located over a dielectric, possibly lossy half-space. The half-space is assumed to lie in the far field region of the plate. The well-known "four-path model" is invoked in a firstorder approximation of the half-space contribution to the scattering mechanisms. Numerical results are compared to a reference, Moment Method solution, and the agreement is investigated, to assess the accuracy of the approximations used. The analytical expressions derived can facilitate very fast RCS calculations for realistic scatterers, such as ships in a sea environment, or aircraft flying low over the ground.INDEX TERMS: 0669 Electromagnetics: Scattering and diffraction; 0619 Electromagnetics: Electromagnetic theory; 0689 Electromagnetics: Wave propagation (4275); KEYWORDS: flat plate, halfspace, radar cross section Citation: Anastassiu, H. T., A closed form, physical optics expression for the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate over a dielectric half-space,

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A closed form, physical optics expression for the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate over a dielectric half‐space

Anastassiu

2003

Radio Science

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“…The reflection property of a metal plate can be described with the well-known monostatic radar cross section (RCS) formula (10). This approach is also used for indoor radio channel modeling (see Kajiwara, 2000;Fenn & Lutz, 1993) and to determine a theoretical RCS value dependent on the incidence angle (see Ross, 1966).…”

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A Scientific Approach to UHF RFID Systems Characterization

Muehlmann¹

2009

Development and Implementation of RFID Technology

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Comments on diffraction principles and limitations of RCS reduction techniques

Ufimtsev

1996

Proc. IEEE

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Reduction of radar cross sections (RCS) is &ne of the major problems in stealth technology. Basic techniques used for RCS reduction are well known. They involve appropriate shaping, use of radar absorbing materials (RAM'S), and passive and active cancellation of the scattered jield. Detailed description of these techniques and related bibliography have been presented in RCS handbooks. In this paper we discuss these techniques briefly from the physical point of view and summarize their limitations. Attention is concentrated on discussions of the physical structure of radar waves scattered from large objects (compared with the radar wavelength). These waves consist of ordinary and diffracted rays, thier beams, and shadow radiation. The latter is caused by the transverse diffusion of the radar beam in the vicinity of the shadow boundaries behind the scattering object, i.e., in the penumbra region. Shadow radiation creates strong forward scattering and is responsible for RCS enhancement at large bistatic angles. Possible passive and active techniques to control and reduce reflected beams, rays, and shadow radiation and potential limitations of these techniques are considered in the paper. In particular, it is emphasized that grazing rejlected rays and shadow radiation cannot be eliminated by absorbing materials. 1830

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Bistatic radar cross section for a perfectly conducting rhombus-shaped flat plate: simulations and measurements

Cited by 5 publications

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A closed form, physical optics expression for the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate over a dielectric half‐space

A closed form, physical optics expression for the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate over a dielectric half‐space

A Scientific Approach to UHF RFID Systems Characterization

Comments on diffraction principles and limitations of RCS reduction techniques

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