Open AccessStudy of the Effect of RCS on Radar Detection
Author(s) -
Haitham Kareem Ali
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2017.v13n15p148
Subject(s) - radar , radar cross section , bistatic radar , echo (communications protocol) , computer science , statistical power , continuous wave radar , signal (programming language) , radar imaging , remote sensing , pulse doppler radar , radar lock on , radar engineering details , corner reflector , geology , telecommunications , optics , physics , mathematics , computer network , statistics , programming language
Objectives: To study the effect of the radar cross section (RCS) area for the target on the radar operation, and to show its performance on radar detection by taking samples from the RCS. Methods/Statistical Analysis: In this paper, we tested the effect of RCS on radar detection under two features of RCS using radar lab. These features are: (i) shapes with constant area and (ii) shapes with different areas. Findings: Experimental testing of the radar delectability in order to know its capability in detecting targets under and above two features( by measuring the power of echo signal) shows that whenever the power of echo signal is high (i.e. RCS is an excellent reflector), the radar detection range is high and vice versa. Application/Improvements: This proposed approach can be used in designing the target bodies using different shapes (i.e. reflectors) to dispute the transmitted signal and to weaken it. This makes the detection of targets extremely hard.