High resolution radar clutter statistics

The generalized compound probability density function (GC-pdf) is presented for modeling high resolution radar clutter. In particular, the model is used to describe deviation of the speckle component from the Rayleigh to Weibull or other pdfs with longer tails. The GC-pdf is formed using the generalized gamma (GΓ) pdf to describe both the speckle and the modulation component of the radar clutter. The proposed model is analyzed and thermal noise is incorporated into it. The validation of the GC-pdf with real data is carried out employing the statistical moments as well as goodness-of-fit tests. A large variety of experimental data is used for this purpose. The GC-pdf outperforms the K-pdf in modeling high resolution radar clutter and reveals its structural characteristics     

Effectiveness of MMW aerosols in defeating a battlefieldsurveillance radar: field demonstration preliminary results

The US Army ERDEC is developing advanced aerosol systems to combat threat surveillance, fire control, and seeker systems operating in the visible, infrared, and millimeter wave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. One such system is the M56 multispectral smoke generator, which presently operates in the visible and infrared portions of the spectrum; a millimeter wave (MMW) Module is in development to extend the M56 spectral range. This paper documents preliminary results of a field demonstration test of the M56 MMW Module. An MMW instrumentation radar was modified to simulate the scan pattern and radar parameters of a tactical battlefield surveillance radar system. A test grid was populated with both stationary and moving tactical targets, and the radar scanned the grid to simulate a surveillance radar in operation. Once a realistic tactical engagement scenario was developed, MMW aerosols were deployed to demonstrate the impact such aerosols could have on radar detection and classification performance     

直升机翼面类部件雷达目标特性分析及评估

基于准静态原理,采用电磁高频法开展直升机翼面类部件的雷达目标特性分析及评估.首先,为获得翼面类部件对直升机散射特性的影响规律,并考虑旋翼高速旋转的动态效应,着重分析了装配不同翼面类部件后机身雷达散射截面（RCS）的变化趋势、强散射分布和回波信号的时频域谱特征,揭示了翼面类部件雷达散射影响机理;然后,在评估直升机强散射源分布特征和多元响应特性的基础上,比较装配不同翼面类部件后机身的雷达探测距离,提出并建立了方位、俯仰与滚转姿态下直升机的雷达4级预警机制和角域范围,并针对性的给出对抗雷达探测的方案.研究发现:装配平尾、短翼及平尾和短翼组合的直升机相比孤立机身的雷达暴露距离分别增加11.54%,14.88%和18.06%,综合隐身能力下降.      

Hardware-in-the-loop simulation technology of wide-band radar targets based on scattering center model

Hardware-in-the-loop(HWIL) simulation technology can verify and evaluate the radar by simulating the radio frequency environment in an anechoic chamber. The HWIL simulation technology of wide-band radar targets can accurately generate wide-band radar target echo which stands for the radar target scattering characteristics and pulse modulation of radar transmitting signal. This paper analyzes the wide-band radar target scattering properties first. Since the responses of target are composed of many separate scattering centers, the target scattering characteristic is restructured by scattering centers model. Based on the scattering centers model of wide-band radar target, the wide-band radar target echo modeling and the simulation method are discussed. The wide-band radar target echo is reconstructed in real-time by convoluting the transmitting signal to the target scattering parameters. Using the digital radio frequency memory(DRFM) system,the HWIL simulation of wide-band radar target echo with high accuracy can be actualized. A typical wide-band radar target simulation is taken to demonstrate the preferable simulation effect of the reconstruction method of wide-band radar target echo. Finally, the radar target time-domain echo and high-resolution range profile(HRRP) are given. The results show that the HWIL simulation gives a high-resolution range distribution of wide-band radar target scattering centers.     

Search radar detection and track with the Hough transform. II.detection statistics

For pt.I see ibid., vol.30, no.1, (Jan.1994). This paper describes the calculation of P_F and P_D for the Hough transform technique when the primary threshold crossings are weighted by their power before transforming (i.e., noncoherent integration). After expressions for P_F and P_D are derived, we examine the question of optimal granularity of the Hough accumulator space. We also investigate the relationship between primary and secondary thresholds and its effect on detectability     

Multi-aspect radar target recognition method based on scattering centers and HMMs classifiers

A hidden Markov model (HMM)-based method for recognizing aerial targets according to the sequential high-range-resolution (HRR) radar signature is presented. Its recognition features are the location information of scattering centers extracted from the HRR radar echoes by the relax algorithm. The HMM is used to characterize the spatio-temporal information of a target. Several HMMs are cascaded in a chain to model the variation in the target orientation and used as classifiers. Computer simulations with the inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) data are given to demonstrate that for an open-set recognition, average class-recognition rates of 84.50% and 89.88% are achieved, respectively, under two given conditions.     

A new look at nonseparable synthetic aperture radar processing

The author examines the nonseparable, template correlation approach to digital-strip-mode synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) phase history processing and concludes that it can now outperform the traditional separable approaches in the areas of speed, image quality, control simplicity, and flexibility. A working nonseparable frequency-domain SAR processor is described and evaluated. The image quality is seen to be superior to that resulting from the separable approaches. Based on the working intermediate hardware implementation, the author strongly suggests that future VHSIC and other advanced implementation will provide extremely fast (real time), high-quality, small, flexible SAR processors     

Invention of ground control approach radar at the MIT RadiationLaboratories

The use of the XT-1 radar by Dr. Luis Alvarez in 1941, at the newly formed MIT Radiation Laboratory, to provide aircraft approach guidance, and the subsequent development of a new radar concept for ground control approach, are described. Their use during World War II and subsequent adoption for civil aviation are discussed     

轴流压气机转子近失速工况全通道 数值模拟

对某亚声速轴流压气机转子进行了全通道三维非定常数值模拟,获得了该压气机近失速工况下的详细流动情况.转子前缘均匀布置的十支静压数值探针监测结果表明,转子圆周上出现两个静压扰动区域,其中一个逐渐发展为突尖波.流场分析表明,叶顶通道中存在频繁的分离涡运动,静压扰动区域中分离涡的强度较大.分离涡诱发间隙流形成“前缘溢流”和“尾缘反流”.静压扰动区域沿圆周方向传播是由分离涡在通道之间的传递引起的.传播过程中,分离涡强度的持续增大是突尖波形成的关键因素.通道中较强的“尾缘反流”沿通道上行并绕过叶片形成“前缘溢流”的现象可作为突尖波形成的标志.      

ILS glidescope evaluation of imperfect terrain

Instrument landing systems (ILS) are normally designed assuming the site around them to be flat. Uneven terrain results in undulations in the glidescope. In recent years, models have been evolved for predicting such aberrations as a simpler alternative to experimental methods. Such modeling normally assumes the ground to be fully conducting. A method is presented for considering imperfect terrain conductivity within the framework of the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD). A single impedance wedge formulation is developed to a form that resembles the standard form of UTD, with only one extra term in the diffraction coefficient. This extends the applicability of the standard UTD formulation and software packages to the case of the imperfectly conducting terrain. The method has been applied to a real airport site in India and improved agreement with measured glidescope parameters is demonstrated     

毫米波制导导弹系统误差及捕获概率研究

分析了毫米波制导导弹系统误差源及其分布特性,该误差直接决定所需导引头动态视场的大小;对导引头动态视场的影响因素进行了分析,并计算了导引头在不同条件下的动态视场,基于此计算了导引头捕获概率。研究结果可以直接应用于毫米波制导导弹的工程研制,并且可以对同类的自寻的导弹工程研制起借鉴作用。     

Adaptations of a comparison technique for terrain navigation

This paper deals with a terrain navigation technique based on the comparison of terrain height measurements with a reference map. The comparison can be either based on minimum absolute differences, minimum square differences or on cross correlations. This paper will give an introduction to these methods and state some important adaptations. The first adaptation increases the independence of the terrain navigation system by calculating the position hypothesis only based on previous position measurements and the strap-down velocity. The second adaptation uses a detailed search to increase the performance and the reliability of the terrain navigation system. Both adaptations are important steps to a higher integrity of modular terrain navigation systems.     

虚拟战场地形重构技术研究

在虚拟战场的大地形的建模中,因地形数据过大和计算机技术所限,一直没有很好的解决方案满足军事视景仿真系统的需要。文中根据战场环境地形建模的实际需求,提出了数据对称拟合的算法,可以有效地简化地形DEM数据,解决地形数据过大的问题,同时提出了基于双三次B-样条的地形重构算法,根据地形区域关注程度不同,而采用不同的地形分辨率,对地形进行细化重构,可有效地降低计算机的负荷。实践结果表明,满足了大规模虚拟战场环境三维地形视景仿真的需要。     

温州地区不同时距下近地台风特性观测研究

基于2008年影响温州地区的台风海鸥、凤凰和蔷薇的实测风场资料,分析了不同平均时距下近地台风的湍流特性(如平均风速、风向、湍流度和阵风因子)。实测结果表明:同一地点不同台风的平均风向角可能相差很大,不同时距最大平均风速不是同步出现;随着平均风速的增大,湍流度和阵风因子有逐渐减小的趋势;当地湍流度实测结果明显大于已有平坦市郊区地形的实测值和日本风荷载规范经验公式计算值;不同平均时距的横风向与顺风向阵风因子的比值变化较大;1m in或3 s平均时距值可较好地反映出台风风速、风向、湍流度和阵风因子的脉动性和变化规律。     

Performances of order statistics CFAR

A previous analysis of order-statistics constant-false-alarm-rate (OS-CFAR) radar receiving a single pulse from a Rayleigh fluctuating target in a Rayleigh background is extended to a Rayleigh-plus-dominant target. The analysis includes effects of a multitarget environment. A detailed comparison of OS-CFAR, cell-averaging (CA) CFAR, and censored CA-CFAR is provided for a Rayleigh target in the presence of strongly interfering targets. The false-alarm analysis of OS-CFAR is extended to the more general case of a Weibull background. The deterioration of the CFAR property of OS as the shape factor, C, of a Weibull probability density function changes from Rayleigh (C=2) to a longer-tailed one (C<2) is evaluated. The analytic comparison between CA-CFAR and OS-CFAR is extended to an integration of pulses reflected from a Swerling II target. The OS-CFAR performance (with and without interfering targets) yields an integral equation that is solved numerically     

Scan conversion of radar images

The object of scan conversion is to resample a polar-sampled image into a Cartesian format while retaining integrity of the geometry and content of the image. Linear interpolation and decimation in two dimensions in the context of scan conversion are reviewed. Appropriate approximations of the nonlinear relationship between Cartesian and polar coordinates are then made to allow the application of the linear interpolation theory to produce a number of practical scan conversion algorithms. Together with an image prefiltering process, which is applied to areas which require scan conversion decimation, an effective scheme is presented     

Theory of partially adaptive radar

This work extends the recently introduced cross-spectral metric for subspace selection and dimensionality reduction to partially adaptive space-time sensor array processing. A general methodology is developed for the analysis of reduced-dimension detection tests with known and unknown covariance. It is demonstrated that the cross-spectral metric results in a low-dimensional detector which provides nearly optimal performance when the noise covariance is known. It is also shown that this metric allows the dimensionality of the detector to be reduced below the dimension of the noise subspace eigenstructure without significant loss. This attribute provides robustness in the subspace selection process to achieve reduced-dimensional target detection. Finally, it is demonstrated that the cross-spectral subspace reduced-dimension detector can outperform the full-dimension detector when the noise covariance is unknown, closely approximating the performance of the matched filter.     

介质涂覆位置对球面收敛喷管电磁散射特性影响

外形设计和隐身材料使用是缩减目标雷达散射截面积(RCS)的两种常用方法。为了研究雷达吸波材料(RAM)对于球面收敛矢量喷管(SCFN)的RCS减缩效果,采用引入阻抗边界条件后的迭代物理光学(IPO)法,研究了球面收敛二元喷管及8种吸波材料涂覆方案的电磁散射特性,并获得了X波段下9种模型的后向RCS随探测角度的变化规律。研究结果表明:吸波材料涂覆可以有效地缩减球面收敛喷管的RCS;合理的涂覆方案可以在保证RCS缩减效果的基础上,降低吸波材料的使用量;相比全涂覆方案,仅在喷管出口和球面段进行涂覆,可以在吸波材料减少30%使用量的情况下,达到全涂覆方案80%的缩减效果。