A comparison of high-frequency scattering determined from PO fields enhanced with alternative ILDCs

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 336-341

  Shore, Robert A ^a   Yaghjian, Arthur D ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High frequency scattering; Incremental length diffraction coefficients; Physical theory of diffraction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; VECTORS;

HIGH FREQUENCY SCATTERING; INCREMENTAL LENGTH DIFFRACTION COEFFICIENTS; PERFECTLY CONDUCTING CIRCULAR DISK; PHYSICAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 1542346064     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.822452     Document Type: Article

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