Radar cross section of simple objects in the presence of an infinite conducting plane

Author

Alves, Ronny R. O. ; Dias, Mauricio H. C. ; Santos, Jose C. A.

Author_Institution

Weapons Syst. Directorate, Brazilian Navy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper analyzes the radar cross section (RCS) of two simple geometric shape objects - a sphere and a flat plate - in the presence of an infinite perfect conducting plane. Simulations are carried out using the software CST Microwave Studio^®, and it´s shown how the presence of a conducting plane changes the original RCS of the individual objects at free space as they penetrate the conducting plane. The normalized RCS has a typical behavior and can be modeled by simple equations for each object as a function of its relative height to the conductive ground plane.

Keywords

conducting materials; electromagnetic wave scattering; geometry; radar computing; radar cross-sections; RCS; conductive ground plane; flat plate; geometric shape objects; infinite perfect conducting plane; radar cross section; software CST Microwave Studio; sphere; ISO standards; Surface waves; Radar; electromagnetic scattering; monostatic scattering; radar cross section; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646544

Filename

6646544