BiblioVault - Books about Scattering

Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics
T.B.A. Senior
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1995
Library of Congress QC670.S43 1995 | Dewey Decimal 537.01515353

Non-metallic materials and composites are now commonplace in modern vehicle construction, and the need to compute scattering and other electromagnetic phenomena in the presence of material structures has led to the development of new simulation techniques.

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Geometrical Theory of Diffraction for Electromagnetic Waves
Graeme L. James
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1986
Library of Congress QC665.D5J36 1986 | Dewey Decimal 537

The continuous development of the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (GTD), from its conception in the 1950s, has now established it as a leading analytical technique in the prediction of high-frequency electromagnetic radiation and scattering phenomena. Consequently, there is an increasing demand for research workers and students in electromagnetic waves to be familiar with this technique. In this book they will find a thorough and clear exposition of the GTD formulation for vector fields. It begins by describing the foundations of the theory in canonical problems and then proceeds to develop the method to treat a variety of circumstances. Where applicable, the relationship between GTD and other high-frequency methods, such as aperture field and the physical optics approximation, is stressed throughout the text. The purpose of the book, apart from expounding the GTD method, is to present useful formulations that can be readily applied to solve practical engineering problems. To this end, the final chapter supplies some fully worked examples to demonstrate the practical application of the GTD techniques developed in the earlier chapters.

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Propagation, Scattering and Diffraction of Electromagnetic Waves
A.S. Ilyinski
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 1993
Library of Congress QC661.I45 1993 | Dewey Decimal 621.3813

This book describes new, highly effective, rigorous analysis methods for electromagnetic wave problems. Examples of their application to the mathematical modelling of micros trip lines, corrugated flexible waveguides, horn antennas, complex-shaped cavity resonators and periodic structures are considered.

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Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Obstacles
Gerhard Kristensson
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2016

This book is an introduction to some of the most important properties of electromagnetic waves and their interaction with passive materials and scatterers. The main purpose of the book is to give a theoretical treatment of these scattering phenomena, and to illustrate numerical computations of some canonical scattering problems for different geometries and materials. The scattering theory is also important in the theory of passive antennas, and this book gives several examples on this topic.

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A Scattering of Jades: Stories, Poems, and Prayers of the Aztecs
Thelma D. Sullivan
University of Arizona Press, 2003
Library of Congress F1219.76.F65S2718 2003 | Dewey Decimal 398.2089974

Long before Europeans came to America, the Aztecs created a unique culture based on myth and a love of language. Myths and poems were an important part of their culture, and a successful speech by a royal orator was pronounced "a great scattering of jades." A Scattering of Jades is an anthology of the best of Aztec literature, compiled by a noted anthropologist and a skilled translator of Nahuatl. It is a storehouse of myths, narratives, poems, and proverbs—as well as prayers and songs to the Aztec gods that provide insight into how these people's perception of the cosmos drove their military machine. Featuring a translation of the Mexicayotl—a work as important today for Mexico's concept of nationhood and ideology as it was at the time of the Conquest—these selections eloquently depict the everyday life of this ancient people and their unique worldview. A Scattering of Jades is an unsurpassed window on ancient Mesoamerican civilization and an essential companion for anyone studying Aztec history, religion, or culture.

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Scattering of Wedges and Cones with Impedance Boundary Conditions
Mikhail A. Lyalinov
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2013
Library of Congress QC665.S3L93 2013 | Dewey Decimal 621.382

This book is a systematic and detailed exposition of different analytical techniques used in studying two of the canonical problems, the wave scattering by wedges or cones with impedance boundary conditions. It is the first reference on novel, highly efficient analytical-numerical approaches for wave diffraction by impedance wedges or cones. This text includes calculations of the diffraction or excitation coefficients, including their uniform versions, for the diffracted waves from the edge of the wedge or from the vertex of the cone; study of the far-field behavior in diffraction by impedance wedges or cones, reflected waves, space waves from the singular points of the boundary (from edges or tips), and surface waves; and the applicability of the reported solution procedures and formulae to existing software packages designed for solving real-world high-frequency problems encountered in antenna, wave propagation, and radar cross section. This book is for researchers in wave phenomena physics, radio, optics and acoustics engineers, applied mathematicians and specialists in mathematical physics and specialists in quantum scattering of many particles.

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Scattering the Seed: A Guide through Balthasar's Early Writings on Philosophy and the Arts
Aidan Nichols
Catholic University of America Press, 2006
Library of Congress BH39.N495 2006 | Dewey Decimal 199.494

Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K distribution and radar performance
Keith Ward
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2013
Library of Congress TK6580.W37 2013 | Dewey Decimal 623.8933015118

Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K Distribution and Radar Performance, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative account of our current understanding of radar sea clutter. Topics covered include the characteristics of radar sea clutter, modelling radar scattering by the ocean surface, statistical models of sea clutter, the simulation of clutter and other random processes, detection of small targets in sea clutter, imaging ocean surface features, radar detection performance calculations, CFAR detection, and the specification and measurement of radar performance. The calculation of the performance of practical radar systems is presented in sufficient detail for the reader to be able to tackle related problems with confidence. In this second edition the contents have been fully updated and reorganised to give better access to the different types of material in the book. Extensive new material has been added on the Doppler characteristics of sea clutter and detection processing; bistatic sea clutter measurements; electromagnetic scattering theory of littoral sea clutter and bistatic sea clutter; the use of models for predicting radar performance; and use of the K distribution in other fields.

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Sea Clutter: Scattering, the K distribution and radar performance
Keith D. Ward
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2006
Library of Congress TK6580.W37 2006 | Dewey Decimal 623.8933015118

This book provides an authoritative account of the current understanding of radar sea clutter, describing its phenomenology, EM scattering and statistical modelling and simulation, and their use in the design of detection systems and the calculation and practical evaluation of radar performance.

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