Radar Cross Section Measurements
The original campus of the University of Michigan was nearly a perfect square about a half-mile along a side. A street-sized walk, appropriately called the Diag, runs diagonally across this square, connecting its southeast and northwest corners. In 1904 a new engineering building was either started...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA
Springer US
1993, 1993
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Radar Cross Section Fundamentals
- 1.1 The Need for RCS Measurements
- 1.2 Electromagnetic Wave Properties
- 1.3 The Radar Range Equation
- 1.4 Radar Cross Section
- 1.5 Polarization Scattering Matrix
- 1.6 Basic Test Range Requirements
- 1.7 Summary
- 2 Instrumentation Systems
- 2.1 The CW Cancellation Radar
- 2.2 The Noncoherent Pulsed Radar
- 2.3 Coherent Radars
- 2.4 Multiband Scattering Matrix Radars
- 2.5 Digital Functions in Multiband Radars
- 2.6 Summary
- 3 Target Support Structures
- 3.1 Foam Columns
- 3.2 String Supports
- 3.3 The Metal Pylon
- 3.4 Other Structures and Techniques
- 3.5 Summary
- 4 Measurement Errors
- 4.1 Instrumentation and Sensitivity
- 4.2 Target Illumination
- 4.3 Background Contributions
- 4.4 Target—Environment Interactions
- 4.5 Summary
- 5 Calibration
- 5.1 Instrumentation Calibration
- 5.2 Calibration Scatterers with Curved Surfaces
- 5.3 Calibration Scatterers with Flat Surfaces
- 11.1 The Instrumentation Radar
- 11.2 Dynamic Target Imaging
- 11.3 The Tracking Radar
- 11.4 Metric Data
- 11.5 Some Dynamic RCS Test Ranges
- 11.6 Summary
- 12 Scale-Model Testing
- 12.1 Scaling Laws
- 12.2 Dielectrics and Absorbers
- 12.3 Metallic Coatings and Resistive Sheets
- 12.4 A Specific Full-Scale/Scale-Model Comparison
- 12.5 Summary
- 13 Test Security
- 13.1 General Requirements
- 13.2 Target Shelters
- 13.3 Range Security
- 13.4 The Black Program
- 13.5 Summary
- 5.4 Calibration by Substitution
- 5.5 Summary
- 6 Outdoor Test Ranges
- 6.1 Ground-Plane Configuration
- 6.2 Two-Path Propagation
- 6.3 Effect of Antenna Pattern
- 6.4 Imperfectly Reflecting Ground Planes
- 6.5 Defeating the Ground Plane
- 6.6 Summary
- 7 Indoor Chambers
- 7.1 Wall Reflections
- 7.2 Chamber Configuration
- 7.3 Chamber Absorbing Materials
- 7.4 Test Chamber Evaluation
- 7.5 Summary
- 8 Compact Ranges
- 8.1 Dielectric Lenses
- 8.2 Large Reflectors
- 8.3 Reflector Edge Configurations
- 8.4 Dual-Reflector Configurations
- 8.5 Chamber Diagnostics
- 8.6 Summary
- 9 Data Processing and Reduction
- 9.1 Statistical Measures
- 9.2 Hard-Target Characteristics
- 9.3 Display Formats
- 9.4 Background Subtraction
- 9.5 Summary
- 10 Radar Imagery
- 10.1 Radar Imaging Principles
- 10.2 The Range Profile
- 10.3 Zero-padding and Windowing
- 10.4 The Cross-Range Profile
- 10.5 Image Formation and Diagnostics
- 10.6 Summary
- 11 Dynamic Test Ranges