Scattering from partial bodies of revolution

The electromagnetic scattering from classes of partial bodies of revolution formed by the presence of perfectly electrically or magnetically conducting (PEC or PMC) planes is investigated. It is found that when the Galerkin technique is used with a harmonic circumferential expansion, there is a modal decoupling of the integral operators. The choice of these expansions is determined by the angle subtended by the intersecting planes and by whether these planes are PEC, PMC, or a combination of the two. In this analysis, the partial bodies can be either PEC or penetrable. Examples illustrating this formulation are given for conducting and dielectric hemispherical geometries and for a modified corner reflector. Measured and calculated data are compared for the case of a half-cylinder on a finite ground plane