DocumentCode
2921419
Title
Radar cross section calculation of a wind turbine modeled by PEC canonical structures
Author
Yucedag, Okan ; Yucedag, S.M. ; Serim, Huseyin Avni
Author_Institution
TUBITAK BILGEM, Sci. & Technol. Res. Council of Turkey, Kocaeli, Turkey
fYear
2013
fDate
28-30 Nov. 2013
Firstpage
562
Lastpage
565
Abstract
Wind turbines are electrically large and complex objects that act as scatterer for electromagnetic waves. Thus, they may cause performance degradation for radar systems. Radar simulations are useful tools to obtain suitable wind turbine sites around radar bases. Radar cross section (RCS) calculation is an important step in radar simulations. In this work, RCS of a wind turbine which is modeled by canonical structures is calculated analytically and validated with Physical Optics (PO) method.
Keywords
conducting materials; electromagnetic wave scattering; radar cross-sections; wind turbines; PEC canonical structures; RCS calculation; electromagnetic waves; perfectly electrical conducting canonical structures; performance degradation; physical optics method; radar cross section calculation; radar simulations; radar systems; renewable energy sources; wind turbine sites; Analytical models; Blades; Radar cross-sections; Solid modeling; Wind farms; Wind turbines;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), 2013 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bursa
Print_ISBN
978-605-01-0504-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ELECO.2013.6713909
Filename
6713909
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