Title :
RCS reduction of dihedral corners
Author_Institution :
Applied Research Laboratories of the University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
fDate :
5/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Corner reflectors are inadvertently formed by many surfaces on ships and military ground vehicles and can be dominant contributors to the radar cross section (RCS). The monostatic return from such structures can be reduced by ensuring that flat surfaces never meet at right angles. A criterion is developed that gives the required angle as a function of the RCS reduction desired and the electrical size of the corner faces.
Keywords :
Marine-vehicle detection and tracking; Military land vehicles; Radar countermeasures; Radar scattering cross sections; Automotive engineering; Differential equations; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic scattering; Harmonic analysis; Light scattering; Marine vehicles; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Systems engineering and theory;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1977.1141586