Title :
Computation of PO integral on NURBS surface and its application to RCS calculation
Author :
Hu, Jin-Lin ; Lin, Shi-Ming ; Wang, Wen-Bing
Author_Institution :
101 Res. Inst., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xian, China
fDate :
1/30/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A numerical method is proposed for evaluating the PO integral on the NURBS surface, and its application to the RCS calculation of the NACA 3317 airfoil is presented. A comparison with previously published results shows that this method is effective
Keywords :
physical optics; radar cross-sections; radar theory; splines (mathematics); NACA 3317 airfoil; NURBS surface; PO integral; RCS calculation; nonuniform rational B-spline; numerical method;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970115