• DocumentCode
    1497899
  • Title

    Computation of RCS of targets modelled with trimmed NURBS surfaces

  • Author

    Guan, Y. ; Gong, Shuxi ; Xu, Yan ; Zha, F. ; Jiang, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Lab. of Antennas & Microwave Technol., Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1092
  • Lastpage
    1093
  • Abstract
    A novel technique for the monostatic radar cross-section (RCS) computation of complex targets modelled with trimmed nonuniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces is proposed using physical optics (PO). The stationary phase method (SPM) is demonstrated to be invalid in evaluation of the PO integral over trimmed surfaces. Thus a new method, which combines SPM with the Gordon method (namely SPM-Gordon) is presented as a substitute and good candidate. Examples show that excellent accuracy is obtained.
  • Keywords
    physical optics; radar cross-sections; splines (mathematics); RCS computation; SPM-Gordon method; monostatic radar cross-section; physical optics; stationary phase method; target modelling; trimmed nonuniform rational B-spline;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.1449
  • Filename
    5284468