Calculation and analysis of electromagnetic scattering by helicopter rotating blades

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1396-1408

  Pouliguen, Philippe ^a   Lucas, Lionel ^b   Muller, Franck ^b   Quete, Sophie ^b   Terret, Claude ^b  

^a CELAR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Method of equivalent currents (MEC); Monostatism bistatism; Near field far field; Physical optics (PO); Radar cross section (RCS); RCS spectrum; Rotating blade

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELICOPTER ROTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

BISTATIC SIMULATION; HELICOPTER ROTATING BLADES; MONOSTATIC SIMULATION; RADAR RECEIVER; RADAR TRANSMITTER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0036821693     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2002.800693     Document Type: Article

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