The Theoretical and Numerical Determination of the Radar Cross Section of a Finite Cone

Book excerpt: In this work, rigorous electromagnetic theory is used to determine the nose-on radar cross section of a perfectly conducting cone of finite height. The end cap of the cone is assumed to be a segment of a s spherical surface with center at the apex of the cone. Numerical results have been obtained for a cone having a total apex angle of 30 degrees and for values of [kappa alpha] ranging from 0.0259 to 5.18, where [kappa]=2 [pi]/[lambda] and [alpha] is the radius of the base of the cone. Siegel's Rayleigh method and by using Keller's modified geometrical optics as well as with experimental results obtained by Keys. The comparisons are instructive below [kappa alpha] = 3.2, the apparent upper limit of validity of the present results -- p.[3].