Design of multi-band metasurface antenna array with low RCS performance

In this paper, a multi-band metasurface（MS） antenna array with low radar cross section（RCS） performance is proposed and measured. Firstly, a 44 antenna array is composed of four 22 Jerusalem cross structure antenna arrays working at different frequency bands, which is aimed at enhancing the bandwidth effectively. Then, each antenna can be seen as a unit of MS in spite of adding the feeding structure. Based on phase cancellation principle, the MS is arranged into a chessboard configuration in order to realize wideband RCS reduction. Thus, excellent radiation and scattering characteristics are obtained simultaneously. Simulated and measured results indicate that this work provides a novel method to achieve bandwidth expansion as well as wideband RCS reduction of the antenna array.

Application of DFT in bi-static RCS calculation of complex electrically large targets

To handle the electromagnetic problems of the bi-static radar cross section （RCS） calculation of scatterer in a wide fre- quency band, a finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） extrapolation method combining with discrete Fourier transform （DFT） is pro- posed. By comparing the formulas between the steady state field extrapolation method and the transient field extrapolation method, a novel extrapolation method combining with DFT used in FDTD is proposed when a transient field incident wave is introduced. With the proposed method, the full-angle RCS distribution in a wide fre- quency band can be achieved through one-time FDTD calculation. Afterwards, the back-scattering RCS distributions of a double olive body and a sphere-cone body are calculated. Numerical results verify the validity of the proposed method.

Recognition of the major scattering sources on complex targets based on the high frequency radar cross section integrated calculation technique

Based on the high frequency （HF） integrated radar cross section （RCS） calculation approach, a technique of detecting major scattering source is developed by using an appropriate arithmetic for scattering distribution and scattering source detection. For the perfect adaptability to targets and the HF of the HF integrated RCS calculation platform, this technique is suitable to solve large complex targets and has lower requirement to the target modeling. A comparison with the result of 2-D radar imaging confirms the accuracy and reliability of this technique in recognition of the major scattering source on complex targets. This technique provides the foundation for rapid integrated evaluation of the scattering performance and 3-D scattering model reconstruction of large complex targets.

Improvement and performance of parallel multilevel fast multipole algorithm

The method of establishing data structures plays an important role in the efficiency of parallel multilevel fast multipole algorithm（PMLFMA）.Considering the main complements of multilevel fast multipole algorithm（MLFMA） memory,a new parallelization strategy and a modified data octree construction scheme are proposed to further reduce communication in order to improve parallel efficiency.For far interaction,a new scheme called dynamic memory allocation is developed.To analyze the workload balancing performance of a parallel implementation,the original concept of workload balancing factor is introduced and verified by numerical examples.Numerical results show that the above measures improve the parallel efficiency and are suitable for the analysis of electrical large-scale scattering objects.

Series expansion feasibility of singular integral in method of moments

When calculating electromagnetic scattering using method of moments （MoM）, integral of the singular term has a significant influence on the results. This paper transforms the singular surface integral to the contour integral. The integrand is expanded to Taylor series and the integral results in a closed form. The cut-off error is analyzed to show that the series converges fast and only about 2 terms can agree wel with the accurate result. The comparison of the perfect electric conductive （PEC） sphere＇s bi-static radar cross section （RCS） using MoM and the accurate method validates the feasibility in manipulating the singularity. The error due to the facet size and the cut-off terms of the series are analyzed in examples.

Solution for polarimetric radar cross section measurement and calibration

The exact radar cross-section （RCS） measurement is difficult when the scattering of targets is low. Ful polarimetric cali-bration is one technique that offers the potential for improving the accuracy of RCS measurements. There are numerous polarimetric calibration algorithms. Some complex expressions in these algo-rithms cannot be easily used in an engineering practice. A radar polarimetric coefficients matrix （RPCM） with a simpler expression is presented for the monostatic radar polarization scattering matrix （PSM） measurement. Using a rhombic dihedral corner reflector and a metal ic sphere, the RPCM can be obtained by solving a set of equations, which can be used to find the true PSM for any target. An example for the PSM of a metal ic dish shows that the proposed method obviously improves the accuracy of cross-polarized RCS measurements.

Fault-tolerant control with mixed aerodynamic surfaces and RCS jets for hypersonic reentry vehicles

This paper proposes a fault-tolerant strategy for hypersonic reentry vehicles with mixed aerodynamic surfaces and reaction control systems（RCS） under external disturbances and subject to actuator faults.Aerodynamic surfaces are treated as the primary actuator in normal situations,and they are driven by a continuous quadratic programming（QP） allocator to generate torque commanded by a nonlinear adaptive feedback control law.When aerodynamic surfaces encounter faults,they may not be able to provide sufficient torque as commanded,and RCS jets are activated to augment the aerodynamic surfaces to compensate for insufficient torque.Partial loss of effectiveness and stuck faults are considered in this paper,and observers are designed to detect and identify the faults.Based on the fault identification results,an RCS control allocator using integer linear programming（ILP） techniques is designed to determine the optimal combination of activated RCS jets.By treating the RCS control allocator as a quantization element,closed-loop stability with both continuous and quantized inputs is analyzed.Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Error analysis of non-spherical raindrops on precipitation measurement

Radar cross section （RCS） of non-sphericai raindrops is calculated by using the software CST based on finite integral method and compared with RCS of spherical raindrops. The revised factor of non-spherical raindrops is obtained. The radar reflectivity with precipitation change of four distribution models of M-P, Gamma, JD and JT combining the revised factor is gotten using trapezoidal integration. When the infuence of non-spherical raindrops is considered, the accuracy of precipitation measurement of four distribution models can be separately improved 8.77%, 8.47%, 10.53% and 8.04% in the case of rain intensity is 100 mm/h.

FDTD Simulation of Bistatic Scattering by Conductive Cylinder Covered with Inhomogeneous Time-Varying Plasma

A finite-different time-domain （FDTD） algorithm is applied in this paper to study the bistatic electromagnetic（EM） scattering by a conductive cylinder covered with inhomogeneous, collision, cold, time-varying plasma. The collision frequency of plasma is a function of the electron density and the pressure of the background gas. The plasma density follows any prescribed distribution function of the rise time of plasma and the radius of the column. The bistatic radar cross section （RCS） of the conductive cylinder covered with inhomogeneous time-varying plasma and inhomogeneous steady-state plasma is calculated under different conditions. The results illustrate that a plasma cloaking system can successfully reduce the RCS of the conductive cylinder.

New hybridization of PO, SBR, and MoM for scattering by large complex conducting objects

As a marked extension of the traditional MoM-PO （method of moment-physical optics） hybrid method, a new hybridization of PO, SBR, and MoM （MoM-SBR/PO） is presented to calculate the multireflection contribution in the PO region efficiently by introducing the method of SBR based on RDN notion, which avoids the time-consuming iterative procedure and the choice of proper Green＇s function. As compared with the traditional MoM-PO hybrid method, the calculation efficiency of the proposed method is greatly improved, and its validity is verified by numerical results.

Mie series for electromagnetic scattering of chiral metamaterials sphere

The electromagnetic scattering of chiral metamaterials is simulated with the Mie series method.Based on the spherical harmonics vector function in chiral metamaterials,the electromagnetic fields inside and outside of chiral metamaterials sphere are expanded.By applying the continuous boundary condition between the chiral metamaterials and surrounding medium,and the transformation from linearly to circularly polarized electric field components,the co-polarized and cross-polarized bistatic radar cross scattering（RCS） of chiral metamaterials sphere are given.How to overcome the instability of chiral metamaterials sphere of Mie series formula is discussed.The electromagnetic scattering of chiral metamaterials,normal media and metamaterials are compared.The numerical results show that the existence of chirality ξ of chiral metamaterials can decrease the bistatic RCS compared with the same size as normal media sphere.

Robust sliding mode control with ESO for dual-control missile

This paper proposes a novel composite dual-control bycombing the integral sliding mode control （ISMC） method basedon the finite time convergence theory with extended state observer（ESO） for a tracking problem of a missile with tail fins and reactionjetcontrol system （RCS）. First, the ISMC method based on finitetime convergence is utilized to design the control law of tail fins andthe pulse control of RCS for the dual-control system, ensuring thesystem with rapid response and high accuracy of tracking. Then,ESO is employed for the estimation of aerodynamic disturbancesinfluenced by the airflow of thruster jets. With the characteristicof high accuracy estimation of ESO, the chattering free trackingperformance of the attack angle command and the robustnessof the control law are achieved. Meanwhile, the stability of thedual-control system is analyzed based on finite time convergencestability theorem and Lyapunov’s theorem. Finally, numerical simulationsdemonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design.

Spatially dispersive model of wire medium for scattering

The electromagnetic properties of wire medium are studied by analyzing its transmission coefficient, and a homogeneous uniaxial effective permittivity tensor with one spatially dispersive component is obtained. In order to evaluate the validity of the equivalent model for scattering problems, the bistatic and monostatic radar cross sections （RCS） of a block of wire medium are investigated with the finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） method. The difference of RCS from the physical wire medium and the corresponding equivalent model has been compared and analyzed under va- rious parameters of wire medium, which clearly demonstrates the accuracy of the equivalent model of wire medium.