Title :
End-fire echo area of long, thin bodies
Author :
Peters, Leon, Jr.
Author_Institution :
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
fDate :
1/1/1958 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1958.1144544
