RCS reduction of trihedral corner reflectors using SCS technique

Author

Mathew, T. ; Stephen, D.S. ; Aanandan, C.K. ; Mohanan, P. ; Nair, K.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Cochin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., India

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

20-24 June 1994

Firstpage

2314

Abstract

Corner reflectors form the major scattering centers in the radar signatures of ships, aircrafts and vehicles. The reduction of the radar cross section (RCS) of these "flare spots" plays an important role in the design of these objects with reduced detectability in a radar. This paper deals with reduction of RCS of a triangular trihedral corner reflector, using the simulated corrugated surface (SCS) technique. Appreciably good RCS reduction has been achieved over a wide angular range of azimuths and elevations.

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave reflection; radar applications; radar cross-sections; RCS reduction; SCS technique; aircrafts; azimuths; backscattering cross section; elevations; flare spot; radar signatures; reduced radar detectability; scattering centers; ships; simulated corrugated surface; triangular trihedral corner reflector; vehicles; wide angular range; Aircraft manufacture; Azimuth; Backscatter; Calibration; Corrugated surfaces; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Marine vehicles; Radar cross section; Radar scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1994. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2009-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1994.408020

Filename

408020