• DocumentCode
    981080
  • Title

    Use of point contributors model for a radar target taking into account mutual coupling by double reflection

  • Author

    Chassay, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Universite de Rennes I, Laboratoire de Radioélectricité, Rennes, France
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    893
  • Lastpage
    894
  • Abstract
    In a previous letter we showed that the electromagnetic mutual coupling between two diffractive bodies can considerably modify the radar cross-section diagram of these bodies. We commented on the preponderance of mutual coupling by double reflection and established a new formula for the RCS of a system of two spheres, giving excellent results in practice. In this letter, we shall propose a generalisation of the previously established formulas, and shall give a law of composition for the contributions fit for use with the complex models of specular point contributors. In the second Section we shall show how it is possible to replace a model of isotropic point contributors with couplings by a model without coupling by adding imaginary isotropic points.
  • Keywords
    radar cross-sections; complex models of specular point contributors; contributions fit; generalisation; isotropic point contributors; law of composition; mutual coupling by double reflection; point contributors model; radar cross sections; radar target taking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19820605
  • Filename
    4246942