• DocumentCode
    1041671
  • Title

    End-fire echo area of long, thin bodies

  • Author

    Peters, Leon, Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1958
  • fDate
    1/1/1958 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    139
  • Abstract
    The echo area resulting from traveling waves excited on the surface of long, thin bodies is considered. A means of predicting this echo area on the basis of antenna theory is derived. Computed and measured values are compared for a long wire, an ogive, and a shorted polyrod.
  • Keywords
    Antennas; Ogives; Radar scattering cross sections; Traveling wave antennas; Antenna accessories; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Dipole antennas; Feeds; Mirrors; Receiving antennas; Reflector antennas; Scattering; Vision defects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-1973
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1958.1144544
  • Filename
    1144544