Accession Number:

AD0744080

Title:

Electromagnetic Transient Response of a Spherical Conducting Shell over a Conducting Half-Space,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOULDER COLO INST FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Hill,David A.
• Wait,James R.

Report Date:

1972-02-10

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The quasi-static response of a thin spherical conducting shell over a conducting half-space is derived for plane wave illumination. The waveform of the transient scattered field consists of two decaying exponentials whose time constants uniquely specify the shell radius and conductivity-thickness product. The coupling between the shell and the ground is also examined. Author

Descriptors:

• (*ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• SCATTERING)
• (*RADAR REFLECTIONS
• SCATTERING)
• TRANSIENTS
• SPHERES
• RADAR TARGETS
• DETECTION
• RESPONSE

Subject Categories:

• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE