Title :
Backscattering from a V-shape wire
Author_Institution :
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An experimental study of the electromagnetic scattering from a conducting thin wire of V shape illuminated by a plane wave at normal incidence is presented. The echo areas for the case of

and

(where

is arm length and

is wavelength) are measured as a function of enclosed angle

.
Keywords :
Wire scatterers; Antenna theory; Antennas and propagation; Backscatter; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Electrons; Receiving antennas; Shape; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1972.1140260