A UTD-PO solution for diffraction of plane waves by an array of perfectly conducting wedges

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1207-1211

  Juan Llácer, Leandro ^a   Rodríguez, Jorge Luis ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multiple diffraction; Physical optics radio propagation; Uniform theory of diffraction (UTD)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; EVALUATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

PERFECTLY CONDUCTING WEDGES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036761379     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.802077     Document Type: Article

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