Title :
Design of a stealth wind turbine
Author :
Hamel, Philippe ; Adam, Jean-Pierre ; Kubicke, Gildas ; Pouliguen, P.
Author_Institution :
IEEA, Courbevoie, France
Abstract :
A hybridization method of Geometrical Optics and Physical Optics (POGO) has been developed to calculate the radar cross section (RCS) of electrically large targets. The GO technique takes high order interactions into account while the PO technique allows to get rid of caustics problems. This hybrid technique is well suited to calculate the field radiated by meteorological radars and backscattered by wind turbines. These radars, having to estimate the clouds speed by calculating the Doppler effects, are very sensitive to moving targets as explained in [1].
Keywords :
geometrical optics; meteorological radar; physical optics; radar cross-sections; wind turbines; Doppler effects; RCS; caustics problems; geometrical optics; hybridization method; meteorological radars; moving targets; physical optics; radar cross section; stealth wind turbine; wind turbines; Antennas; Blades; Geometry; Materials; Poles and towers; Rotors; Wind turbines; Geometrical Optics (GO); Numerical modeling; Physical Optics (PO); Radar Cross Section (RCS); ray tracing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2012 Loughborough
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2218-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2219-5
DOI :
10.1109/LAPC.2012.6403021