Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)287-291
Abstract
The theory of traveling-wave scattering and two kinds of methods for restraining
the traveling-wave scattering are represented in the paper. The traveling-wave scattering could
be declined by shaping and radar absorbing material (RAM). The experimental results prove
that inhibition effect of traveling-wave scattering using the above methods is prominent. A
traveling-wave current comes into being, when a long, thin body is illuminated by grazing incident
electromagnetic wave. The flowing traveling-wave current is reflected when it encounters the end
of the truncation, and the traveling-wave scattering contributes a lot to the radar cross section
(RCS) of the target. The traveling-wave scattering can be researched by making use of the existed
concepts of antenna theory. In this paper, a sample of traveling-wave broad was manufactured.
Firstly, we restrained the traveling-wave scattering by shaping. The end edge of traveling-wave
broad was transformed into saw-tooth or circular arc shape, and measured results proved the
shaping method could reduce the RCS of the traveling-wave broad by 10 dB at X-band. Moreover,
we restrained the traveling-wave scattering by coating radar absorbing material on the surface of
the broad. And the measured results showed that the method of radar absorbing material could
reduce the RCS of the traveling-wave broad by more than 10 dB at X-band.
Citation
Kainan Qi,
Yongfeng Wang,
and
Xiaonan Zhang,
"The Research of Methods Based on Traveling Wave Suppression," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)287-291