A technique is presented for predicting the bistatic radar cross section (RCS) of an opaque, arbitrarily shaped object at angles near forward scatter. Babinet's principle is employed to approximate the object's scattering pattern as the two-dimensional Fourier transform of its silhouette. Calculations for spheres and right-circular cylinders are shown to agree with predictions based on exact Mie theory, method of moments, and physical optics. Restrictions on the applicability of the method are presented.


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    Title :

    Bistatic RCS of Complex Objects near Forward Scatter


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    Publication date :

    1985-01-01


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    1731879 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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