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Theoretical and experimental validation of UTD applied to electromagetic-wave scattering by circular cylinders

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The scattering of obliquely incident electromagnetic waves by a perfectly conducting circular cylinder is analyzed. In this paper the accuracy of a high-frequency asymptotic model based on the Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) is investigated by comparing UTD simulations with results obtained from the exact eigenfunction solution for plane-wave incidence.

UTD results are also compared with results from experiments carried out at 50 GHz, for various cylinder radii and for different linear wave polarizations. Excellent agreement between the measurement results and the theoretical ones is obtained.

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  1. Ericsson Telecommunicatie B. V., P.O. Box 8, 5120 AA, Rijen, The Netherlands

    H. J. F. G. Govaerts

  2. European Space Agency ESTEC, P.O. Box 299, 2200, AG, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    G. A. J. van Dooren

  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    M. H. A. J. Herben

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Govaerts, H.J.F.G., van Dooren, G.A.J. & Herben, M.H.A.J. Theoretical and experimental validation of UTD applied to electromagetic-wave scattering by circular cylinders. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 16, 1065–1081 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02068277

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