Scattering characteristics computation method for corner reflectors in arbitrary illumination conditions

Author

Sukharevsky, O.I. ; Vasilets, V.A. ; Nechitaylo, S.V.

Author_Institution

Kharkov Univ. of Air Forces, Kharkiv, Ukraine

fYear

2015

fDate

21-24 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The calculation method for obtaining scattering characteristics of corner reflectors is proposed. The method allows calculating the radar cross-section of corner reflectors for arbitrary aspect angles. The method proposes separating the smooth part of reflectors and some neighborhood of their edges (including that of inner edges). The method accounts for multiple reflections between smooth parts of the reflector surface. In addition, the reflector surface can have a radar absorbing or dielectric coating. The proposed method is used for radar cross-section calculation of trihedral and dihedral corner reflectors.

Keywords

coatings; electromagnetic wave scattering; lighting; optical elements; radar cross-sections; arbitrary aspect angles; arbitrary illumination conditions; dielectric coating; dihedral corner reflectors; radar absorbing; radar cross-section calculation; scattering characteristics computation method; trihedral corner reflectors; Optical surface waves; Radar cross-sections; Scattering; Surface treatment; Surface waves; Physical optics; corner reflector; radar cross-section;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Theory and Techniques (ICATT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kharkiv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8556-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICATT.2015.7136836

Filename

7136836