Title :
Bistatic radar cross section for a perfectly conducting rhombus-shaped flat plate: simulations and measurements
Author :
Fenn, Alan J. ; Lutz, James E.
Author_Institution :
MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The bistatic radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate with a rhombus shape (equilateral parallelogram) is investigated with simulations and measurements. A moment method surface patch formulation is used to compute the bistatic radar cross section of a 88.9-cm-long (35-in.-long) by 68.58-cm-wide (27-in.-wide) rhombus plate at 1.3 GHz over a wide range of bistatic angles. Important considerations of the bistatic measurements are described. It is shown that the simulations and measurements are in good agreement in terms of the copolarized and cross-polarized bistatic radar cross-section patterns
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave scattering; radar cross-sections; 1.3 GHz; 68.58 cm; 88.9 cm; UHF; bistatic measurements; bistatic radar cross section; copolarised patterns; cross-polarised patterns; moment method surface patch formulation; perfectly conducting flat plate; rhombus shape; simulations; Bistatic radar; Calibration; Computational modeling; Measurement standards; Mechanical variables measurement; Moment methods; Optical scattering; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Shape measurement;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
