Application of a multiregion model to the EM scattering from a rough surface with or without a target above it

An efficient multiregion model is introduced to calculate the electromagnetic scattering from a perfectly electrical conducting(PEC) rough surface with or without a PEC target above it.In the multiregion model,the rough surface is split into multiple regions depending on their position along the rough surface.Two intermediate regions are chosen as the dominant region.If a target is located above the rough surface,the target will also be included in the dominant region.The method of moments(MOM) is only adopted on the dominant region to ensure validity.Hence,the new model can greatly reduce the number of unknowns associated with full MOM analysis.The induced electric currents on the other regions are obtained by approximately considering the mutual coupling between different regions along the rough surface.Compared with the published hybrid method,this new model is not only suitable for EM scattering from a target above a rough surface but also applicable for just rough surfaces.Several numerical simulations are presented to show the validity and efficiency of the multiregion model.     

三维随机粗糙面上导体目标散射的解析-数值混合算法

提出三维导体目标与导体粗糙面复合散射的解析-数值混合迭代算法,推导出三维目标与粗糙面的耦合积分方程,以及粗糙面散射的Kirchhoff近似(KA)计算式.粗糙面的KA解析计算大大降低了粗糙面求解的复杂度,与目标矩量法的混合迭代保证了计算结果的精度,使得三维体-面目标复合散射计算变得可行.由于体-面两者的高阶耦合作用明显减小,保证了该混合迭代算法的收敛性.与镜像Green函数方法的比较表明该混合算法的有效性,并讨论了粗糙面长度选择对计算结果的影响.结合Monte-Carlo方法,数值分析了理想导体Gauss 关键词： 复合散射 Kirchhoff近似 共轭梯度法 互耦迭代     

粗糙海面及其上方导体目标复合电磁散射的混合算法研究

利用基于电流计算的矩量法结合高频算法基尔霍夫近似的混合算法,分析了一维PM谱粗糙海面及其上方二维无限长任意截面导体目标的双站复合电磁散射特性.混合算法将粗糙面和目标分别划分到KA区域和MOM区域,由于无需数值求解粗糙海面区域的表面极化电流,该算法的运算时间和对计算机内存的需求主要取决于粗糙面上方目标的网格划分情况.数值结果以无限长导体圆柱为例计算了其与一维下垫PM谱粗糙海面的复合双站散射截面,并将计算结果与经典MOM结果进行了比对和验证,结果表明混合方法具有较高的计算效率.最后应用混合方法讨论了不同极化状态、海上不同风速以及目标不同尺寸和位置对复合散射截面的影响. 关键词： 粗糙海面 电磁散射 混合算法 矩量法     

Hybrid method for investigation of electromagnetic scattering from conducting target above the randomly rough surface

A current based hybrid method (HM) is proposed which combines the method of moment (MOM) with the Kirchhoff approximation (KA) for the analysis of scattering interaction between a two-dimensional (2D) infinitely long conducting target with arbitrary cross section and a one-dimensional (1D) Gaussian rough surface. The electromagnetic scattering region in the HM is split into KA region and MOM region. The electric field integral equation (EFIE) in MOM region (target) is derived, the computational time of the HM depends mainly on the number of unknowns of the target. The bistatic scattering coefficient for the infinitely long cylinder above the rough surface with Gaussian roughness spectrum is calculated, and the numerical results are compared and verified with those obtained by the conventional MOM, which shows the high efficiency of the HM. Finally, the influence of the size, location of the target, the rms height and correlation length of the rough surface on the bistatic scattering coefficient with different polarizations is discussed in detail.     

Study of MPI based on parallel MOM on PC clusters for EM-beam scattering by 2-D PEC rough surfaces

This paper firstly applies the finite impulse response filter (FIR) theory combined with the fast Fourier transform (FFT) method to generate two-dimensional Gaussian rough surface. Using the electric field integral equation (EFIE), it introduces the method of moment (MOM) with RWG vector basis function and Galerkin's method to investigate the electromagnetic beam scattering by a two-dimensional PEC Gaussian rough surface on personal computer (PC) clusters. The details of the parallel conjugate gradient method (CGM) for solving the matrix equation are also presented and the numerical simulations are obtained through the message passing interface (MPI) platform on the PC clusters. It finds significantly that the parallel MOM supplies a novel technique for solving a two-dimensional rough surface electromagnetic-scattering problem. The influences of the root-mean-square height, the correlation length and the polarization on the beam scattering characteristics by two-dimensional PEC Gaussian rough surfaces are finally discussed.     

随机Gauss粗糙面上三维导体目标散射差场的随机泛函解析计算方法

提出一种解析的随机泛函方法(SFA),计算导体Gauss粗糙面上三维导体目标的复合电磁散射.推导粗糙面的随机Green函数,用一种新的四路径模型描述面体复合散射机理,用SFA求解双站差场雷达散射截面.以导体球目标为算例,与其他数值计算方法比较后验证了SFA的有效性与准确性,同时讨论了粗糙度、体目标尺寸以及距离粗糙面高度等参量变化对结果的影响,给出复杂形状体目标的双站差场雷达散射截面的空间角分布. 关键词： 随机泛函方法 粗糙面随机Green函数 差场雷达散射截面 面体复合散射     

Reliable approach for bistatic scattering of three-dimensional targets from underlying rough surface based on parabolic equation

A parabolic equation(PE) based method for analyzing composite scattering under an electromagnetic wave incidence at low grazing angle, which composes of three-dimensional(3-D) electrically large targets and rough surface, is presented and discussed. A superior high-order PE version is used to improve the accuracy at wider paraxial angles, and along with the alternating direction implicit(ADI) differential technique, the computational efficiency is further improved. The formula of bistatic normalized radar cross section is derived by definition and near-far field transformation. Numerical examples are given to show the validity and accuracy of the proposed approach, in which the results are compared with those of Kirchhoff approximation(KA) and moment of method(Mo M). Furthermore, the bistatic scattering properties of composite model in which the 3-D PEC targets on or above the two-dimensional Gaussian rough surfaces under the tapered wave incidence are analyzed.     

有限元/边界积分方法在海面及其上方弹体目标电磁散射中的应用

本文将有限元/边界积分方法(FE/BIM)结合区域分解方法引入到粗糙海面及其上方目标 的电磁散射问题的研究中. 由于积分边界可以以任意形状设置在距模型表面任意远的距离处, 故本文采用共形人工边界结合区域分解建模方法截断模型的开放计算区域以减少求解未知量, 在截断区域内部采用有限元方法求解, 而计算区域的边界条件通过边界积分方程方法得到. 通过与矩量法获得的数值计算结果进行比较, 证明了该混合算法及模型处理方法的正确性, 进而研究了海面上方弹体目标的电磁散射特性, 并讨论了其双站散射系数随电磁波入射角度、目标高度、海面风速以及弹体尺寸的电磁散射特性变化情况. 本文结果可用于反演复杂背景下的目标信息及目标探测等领域. 关键词： 电磁散射 粗糙海面 目标 有限元/边界积分方法     

Validity of rough surface backscattering models

A study of the regions of validity for rough surface scattering models is conducted for surfaces with Gaussian and power law power spectra. Models included in the study are physical optics (PO), geometrical optics, small perturbation method and small slope approximation. The range of validity of the PO model is commonly described by a bound on the radius curvature of the surface relative to the electromagnetic wavelength. We show empirically that for backscattering the region of accuracy is more accurately described by a bound on surface slope. For surfaces with a Gaussian power spectrum, the PO model is accurate to within 2 dB for RMS surface slope values less than 0.59 cos³θ. For surfaces with a power law power spectral density, the PO model is accurate for significant slope values (RMS surface height/wavelength of the dominant spectral peak) less than 0.037 cos³θ. These conditions are valid up to approximately 30°. The regions of validity of other models in the study are also shown to be well approximated by bounds on surface slope.     

FDTD investigation on the electromagnetic scattering from a target above a randomly rough sea surface

A finite-difference time-domain approach for electromagnetic scattering characteristic from a two-dimensional (2-D) infinitely long target with arbitrary cross-section above the one-dimensional (1-D) randomly rough sea surface is presented. Taking the composite scattering of rough sea surface and infinitely long cylinder as an example, the angular distribution of the scattering cross-section with different incident angles is calculated and it shows good agreement with the numerical result by the conventional Method of Moments (MOM). Finally, the influence of the windspeed on the sea surface, the incident angle, as well as the size and location of the target on the composite radar cross-section (RCS) with different polarisations is investigated in detail.     

Validity of rough surface backscattering models

Abstract

A study of the regions of validity for rough surface scattering models is conducted for surfaces with Gaussian and power law power spectra. Models included in the study are physical optics (PO), geometrical optics, small perturbation method and small slope approximation. The range of validity of the PO model is commonly described by a bound on the radius curvature of the surface relative to the electromagnetic wavelength. We show empirically that for backscattering the region of accuracy is more accurately described by a bound on surface slope. For surfaces with a Gaussian power spectrum, the PO model is accurate to within 2 dB for RMS surface slope values less than 0.59 cos³θ. For surfaces with a power law power spectral density, the PO model is accurate for significant slope values (RMS surface height/wavelength of the dominant spectral peak) less than 0.037 cos³θ. These conditions are valid up to approximately 30°. The regions of validity of other models in the study are also shown to be well approximated by bounds on surface slope.     

二维随机粗糙面上导体目标复合瞬态散射的混合算法

提出用时域积分方程法(TDIE)与时域基尔霍夫近似法(TDKA)的混合算法来求解二维导体随机粗糙面及其上方二维导体目标的复合瞬态散射,推导出了在TM波入射情形下显式及隐式格式的时间步进方程.将粗糙面与目标分别进行TDKA和TDIE计算,并考虑目标与粗糙面之间的耦合,对TDKA和TDIE进行混合迭代,既大大降低了粗糙面求解的复杂度,又保证了计算精度.数值算例中,考虑了角反射器(开放体)和圆柱(封闭体)两种目标,分别计算了目标表面电流响应和电场远场响应.计算结果表明,和单纯TDIE法相比,本文混合方法计算效率 关键词： 随机粗糙面 复合瞬态散射 时域积分方程法和时域基尔霍夫近似法 混合算法     

时域混合算法在一维海面与舰船目标复合电磁散射中的应用

采用时域积分方程(TDIE)与时域基尔霍夫近似(TDKA)的混合算法研究粗糙海面与舰船目标的复合瞬态电磁散射.该方法将舰船目标及其近邻海面划分为TDIE区域,用TDIE方法精确求解;将剩余电大尺寸的粗糙海面划分为TDKA区域,采用高效的TDKA电流近似求解.通过混合算法和传统TDIE算法结果的对比,表明TDIE-TDKA混合算法能保证计算的精度,同时具有较高的计算效率.最后,讨论了海面上方有无目标、海面上方风速、电磁脉冲入射角、舰船目标尺寸、吃水深度对后向散射磁场的影响.     

三维目标与粗糙面复合散射的广义稀疏矩阵平面迭代及规范网格算法

提出了快速计算二维导体粗糙面与面上金属目标复合散射的广义稀疏矩阵平面迭代及规范网格法(G-SMFSIA/CAG).推导了二维导体粗糙面与面上目标相互作用的耦合积分方程,用稀疏矩阵平面迭代及规范网格法(SMFSIA/CAG)求解粗糙面部分的表面积分方程,而用基于RWG基函数的矩量法(MOM)计算目标部分的表面积分方程,并通过更新方程的激励项迭代求解目标与粗糙面的相互耦合作用.结合Monte-Carlo方法产生具有PM(Pierson-Moskowitz)海浪谱的随机海洋粗糙面,数值分析了海面上不同形状导体目 关键词： 复合散射 广义稀疏矩阵平面迭代及规范网格法 随机海洋粗糙面 双站散射系数     

Investigation on scattering from a plasma-coated target over a rough sea surface using a multi-hybrid method

An iterative strategy combining the Kirchhoff approximation (KA) with the hybrid finite element–boundary integral (FE-BI) method is presented to consider electromagnetic scattering from a coated target above a rough sea surface. The multi-hybrid method considers the multiple-scattering interactions between target and underlying surface based on equivalent principle and currents updating scheme. The hybrid FE-BI-KA method, which is an improved and generalized version of a previous KA–Method of Moments (MoM) technique, can deal with an inhomogeneous target. Numerical results are given to evaluate the validity of the multi-hybrid technique, and then the hybrid method is employed to investigate electromagnetic scattering from a plasma-coated airfoil above a rough sea surface, including the effects of several key parameters on stealth performance, such as plasma angular frequency and electron collision frequency.     

Fast iterative approach to the difference scattering from a dielectric target above a rough surface

The difference field RCS (d-RCS) has been defined to analyze the scattering from the target above a rough surface. The electric field integral equations (EFIEs) of the difference induced currentJ _sd on the rough surface, the induced electric currentJ _o and magnetic currentK _o on the dielectric target under a TE wave incidence are derived. A small portion of the rough surface towards the target along the specular direction is taken to compute the scattering contributionE _s0 from the rough surface towards the target, which improves the computation speed. A numerical iterative approach is developed to solve the EFIEs and bistatic d-RCS. The surface length for iterations is dependent on the scattering angle and discussed for comparison with Johnson’s method. Using the Monte-Carlo method to generate the Pierson-Morkowitz (P-M) ocean-like rough surface, bistatic d-RCS of the dielectric target, e.g. a cylinder or a square column, above the rough surface is numerically simulated. The induced electric and magnetic currents on the dielectric target and the difference induced current on the rough surface are numerically discussed.     

Fast iterative approach to the difference scattering from a dielectric target above a rough surface

1 Introduction Electromagnetic scattering from the target above or beneath a rough surface has at- tracted much interest during recent years, because of extensive applications to radar surveillance, target detection, ground radar probing, and so on[1―3]. In order to numeri- cally simulate scattering from composite model of the target and underlying rough sur- face, some fast numerical methods, such as general forward backward method and spec- trum acceleration algorithm (GFBM/SAA)[4,5], fin…     

指数型粗糙地面与上方矩形截面柱宽带电磁散射的时域有限差分法研究

采用土壤介电常数的四成分模型表示实际地面的介电特性,应用指数型分布粗糙面模型和Monte Carlo方法模拟实际的粗糙地面,运用时域有限差分方法研究了微分高斯脉冲波照射时粗糙地面与上方目标的宽带电磁散射问题,得出了后向复合散射系数的频率响应曲线,计算了后向复合散射系数随粗糙地面高度起伏均方根、相关长度、土壤湿度、目标尺寸、高度、倾角等几何参数及介电参数等的变化情况,并做了详细分析与讨论,得到了指数型粗糙地面与上方目标宽带电磁散射特性.     

Bistatic electromagnetic scattering from a three-dimensional perfect electric conducting object above a Gaussian rough surface based on the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz and electric field integral equation

A hybrid integral equation is developed to solve the problem of electromagnetic (EM) scattering from a three-dimensional (3D) perfect electric conducting (PEC) object above a two-dimensional (2D) PEC or dielectric Gaussian rough surface. Firstly, the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz (KH) equation is adopted to describe the wave reflection on the rough surface; only one integral operation on the rough surface is needed, and the scattering from the object can be described by solving the electric field integral equation (EFIE) on the surface of the object. Moreover, according to scattering theory, the KH equation and the EFIE are coupled together (KH-EFIE) to describe wave propagation between the object and the rough surface. Then method of moments (MoM) is adopted to solve the KH-EFIE, and the current is obtained to calculate the scattering field. Finally, compared with other methods, the accuracy of the proposed approach is validated, and its efficiency is proved to be much higher than numerical solutions. Furthermore, by calculating the statistic composite radar cross-section (RCS) of the object/surface and the difference radar cross-section (DRCS) of the object, the influence of the rough surface root mean square (rms) height, the correlation length, the medium permittivity, the shape of the object, and the altitude of the object on the scattering characteristic is investigated.