Title :
Orientation of a support pylon used in radar cross section measurements
Author :
Alves, Mauro A. ; Peixoto, Guilherme G. ; Rezende, Mirabel C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Aeronautica e Espaco, Campos
fDate :
Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007
Abstract :
Simulations of the radar cross section (RCS) of a four-column square-based support pylon were performed in order to find the orientation between a radar antenna and the pylon in which the radar return from the pylon is minimal. From RCS simulations at 2, 6 and 10 GHz it was found that the optimal positioning of pylon occurs when the side of the pylon is at an angle of about 20deg with respect to the line-of-sight of the radar antenna.
Keywords :
poles and towers; radar antennas; radar cross-sections; radio direction-finding; four-column square-based support pylon; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 2 GHz; frequency 6 GHz; optimal positioning; radar antenna; radar cross section measurements; support pylon orientation; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Concrete; Poles and towers; Predictive models; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Shape; Modeling; pylon; radar cross sections; simulations;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Brazil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404291
