Diffraction of high-frequency electromagnetic waves by curved strips

Abstract

The authors describe the construction of a high-frequency solution in the geometrical theory of diffraction (GTD) format for the generation of edge-diffracted space rays and edge-excited surface waves by an electromagnetic wave normally incident on the edge of a curved impedance strip. The transformation coefficients necessary for the analysis of the diffraction on curved surfaces with equal vanishing face impedances are tabulated in a form appropriate for numerical applications. The procedure for evaluating the diffracted field excited by the edge of a cylindrically curved strip, which can be associated with a reflector antenna or an aperture on a curved surface, is presented for both perfectly and nonperfectly conducting cases. >