A UTD Triple Diffraction Coefficient for Straight Wedges in Arbitrary Configuration

被引:16
作者
Carluccio, Giorgio [1 ]
Puggelli, Federico [1 ]
Albani, Matteo [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Siena, Dept Informat Engn, I-53100 Siena, Italy
关键词
Asymptotic diffraction theory; diffraction; geometrical theory of diffraction; uniform theory of diffraction; TRANSITION ZONE DIFFRACTION; ABSORBING HALF-SCREENS; GEOMETRICAL-THEORY; EDGE-DIFFRACTION; SCATTERING; ANTENNAS; FIELDS; ARRAY; GTD;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2012.2209623
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Anew UTD solution is presented for the description of the ray triply diffracted by straight wedges in arbitrary configuration, illuminated by a spherical wavefront field. The proposed UTD coefficient permits to uniformly describe the field at any aspect, in particular including the case of overlapping transition regions, where the subsequent application of UTD single wedge diffraction coefficient fails. The triple diffracted ray field is expressed in an analytical form, providing physical insight into the triple diffraction mechanism, and a new effective engineering tool within the UTD framework, as required in a modern ray-based code.
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页码:5809 / 5817
页数:9
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