Research Article

Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source

Volume: 7 Number: 2 December 30, 2020
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Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source

Abstract

Fields of a line source diffracted by a cylindrical parabolic Perfectly Electric Conducting (PEC) reflector are investigated by employing the scattering integral of the Modified Theory of Physical Optics (MTPO). The reflector that is symmetrically located with respect to x-axis is offset-fed by a line source. The line source is lying parallel to the z-axis and off the focus of the reflector. Diffracted fields are evaluated asymptotically by means of the Edge Point Method. An approximate way of expressing uniform diffracted fields is used by utilizing the Signum and Fresnel functions together to overcome the non-uniform situations. Total scattered, diffracted, and reflected fields are plotted numerically for some parameters such as parabola width and location angle of the line source in the problem.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2020

Submission Date

May 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 11, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 7 Number: 2

APA
Kara, M. (2020). Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(2), 1049-1060. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.735678
AMA
1.Kara M. Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;7(2):1049-1060. doi:10.35193/bseufbd.735678
Chicago
Kara, Mustafa. 2020. “Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7 (2): 1049-60. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.735678.
EndNote
Kara M (December 1, 2020) Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7 2 1049–1060.
IEEE
[1]M. Kara, “Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source”, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1049–1060, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.35193/bseufbd.735678.
ISNAD
Kara, Mustafa. “Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 7/2 (December 1, 2020): 1049-1060. https://doi.org/10.35193/bseufbd.735678.
JAMA
1.Kara M. Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020;7:1049–1060.
MLA
Kara, Mustafa. “Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source”. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 1049-60, doi:10.35193/bseufbd.735678.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Kara. Diffracted Fields by a Parabolic Reflector Offset-Fed by a Line Source. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi. 2020 Dec. 1;7(2):1049-60. doi:10.35193/bseufbd.735678

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