Radar cross section of an open-ended rectangular waveguide cavity: A massively parallel implementation applied to high-resolution radar cross section imaging

Author

• Laura Dominick Vann

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1993

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Helmken, Henry

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with adapting a sequential code that calculates the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of an open-ended rectangular waveguide cavity to a massively parallel computational platform. The primary motivation for doing this is to obtain wideband data over a large range of incident angles in order to generate a two-dimensional radar cross section image. Images generated from measured and computed data will be compared to evaluate program performance. The computer used in this implementation is a MasPar MP-1 single instruction, multiple data massively parallel computer consisting of 4,096 processors arranged in a two-dimensional mesh. The algorithm uses the mode matching method of analysis to match fields over the cavity aperture to obtain an expression for the scattered far field.

Extent

100 p.

Comments

College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1993.|College of Engineering and Computer Science

Recommended Citation

Vann, Laura Dominick, "Radar cross section of an open-ended rectangular waveguide cavity: A massively parallel implementation applied to high-resolution radar cross section imaging" (1993). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 495.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/495

Identifier

FADT14984

Format

pdf