Ieee Antennas And Propagation Magazine, cilt.50, sa.1, ss.115-126, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Modeling and simulation strategies for radar cross section (RCS) prediction are reviewed, and a novel FDTD-based virtual RCS prediction tool is introduced in this two-part paper. Part 1 is reserved for a tutorial review. Concepts and definitions related to RCS modeling are outlined. Analytical approaches, i.e., high-frequency asymptotics (HFA), as well as powerful time- and frequency-domain numerical methods, are given. Canonical examples using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method, the Method of Moments (MoM), and Physical Optics (PO) are presented.