Electromagnetic scattering by a two-dimensional wedge composed of conductor and lossless dielectric

Electromagnetic scattering by two-dimensional wedges composed of perfectly conducting and lossless dielectric material is considered. Heuristic geometrical theory of diffraction type diffraction coefficients are presented and a hybrid moment-method/physical-optics technique is developed to verify the accuracy of the proposed diffraction coefficients. The purpose is to show that the heuristic approach can yield acceptably accurate results for a number of composite wedge geometries, rather than to present rigorous diffraction coefficients for the composite wedge per se. Calculated results are presented in which the results obtained by means of the two methods are compared. Very good agreement is achieved for a variety of wedge geometries