RCS measurements and predictions of different targets for radar benchmark purpose

Author

Fernández-Recio, R. ; Jurado-Lucena, A. ; Errasti-Alcalá, B. ; Poyatos-Martínez, D. ; Escot-Bocanegra, D. ; Montiel-Sánchez, I.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Detectabilidad., Inst. Nac. de Tec. Aeroespacial (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

14-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

446

Abstract

This paper presents radar cross section (RCS) measurements of different targets suitable for electromagnetic software comparison and validation. The targets have been designed, fabricated and measured at INTA to study different scattering mechanisms such as reflection and diffraction on curved surfaces and edges (truncated cone), reflection and diffraction on planar surfaces and straight wedges (triangular prism) or tip diffraction and travelling waves (conesphere). These measurements can be used as a valuable tool to validate and adjust the input parameters of electromagnetic prediction codes according to the requirements of the engineer.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; object detection; radar cross-sections; RCS measurement; electromagnetic prediction codes; electromagnetic scattering mechanism; electromagnetic software; radar benchmark; target prediction; Electromagnetic diffraction; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic reflection; Electromagnetic scattering; Optical reflection; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Software measurement; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2009. ICEAA '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3385-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2009.5297400

Filename

5297400