Bistatic radar cross section for a perfectly conducting rhombus-shaped flat plate: simulations and measurements

Author

Fenn, Alan J. ; Lutz, James E.

Author_Institution

MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA, USA

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

51

Abstract

The bistatic radar cross section of a perfectly conducting flat plate with a rhombus shape (equilateral parallelogram) is investigated with simulations and measurements. A moment method surface patch formulation is used to compute the bistatic radar cross section of a 88.9-cm-long (35-in.-long) by 68.58-cm-wide (27-in.-wide) rhombus plate at 1.3 GHz over a wide range of bistatic angles. Important considerations of the bistatic measurements are described. It is shown that the simulations and measurements are in good agreement in terms of the copolarized and cross-polarized bistatic radar cross-section patterns

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; radar cross-sections; 1.3 GHz; 68.58 cm; 88.9 cm; UHF; bistatic measurements; bistatic radar cross section; copolarised patterns; cross-polarised patterns; moment method surface patch formulation; perfectly conducting flat plate; rhombus shape; simulations; Bistatic radar; Calibration; Computational modeling; Measurement standards; Mechanical variables measurement; Moment methods; Optical scattering; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.210114

Filename

210114