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Monostatic RCS performance of a thin cylinder with central loading
Author(s) -
Neo C. P.,
Leong M. S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19960820)12:6<366::aid-mop16>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - radar cross section , cylinder , optics , scattering , electrical impedance , bistatic radar , plane wave , range (aeronautics) , physics , acoustics , angle of incidence (optics) , plane (geometry) , radar , engineering , geometry , radar imaging , telecommunications , mathematics , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
The induced current on a centrally loaded cylinder illuminated by a plane wave at arbitrary angle of incidence was determined theoretically. It was found that an optimum impedance is required to achieve zero back scattering for a given set of wave illumination angle and frequency. Results are also presented for a central impedance that gives the best overall monostatic radar cross section (RCS) performance for all wave incident angles and over a wide range of frequencies. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.