An FDTD-Based Parallel Virtual Tool for RCS Calculations of Complex Targets

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2014

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Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc

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A novel, accelerated, and parallelized Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) based radar cross section (RCS) prediction tool, MGL-FastRCS, is introduced. MGL-FastRCS has been parallelized with OpenMP and Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) for high-performance computing with multiple cores and graphics processing units (GPUs). Characteristic examples using realistic complex air and surface targets are presented. The virtual tool automatically constructs a discrete wire-grid model of the structure under investigation. It is therefore also possible to compare the FDTD results against Method-of-Moments (MoM) data.

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ÇAKIR, Mustafa/0000-0003-1250-9114; Çakır, Gonca/0000-0001-7772-2560

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Scattering, diffraction, radar, radar cross section, RCS, RCS prediction, Finite-Difference Time-Domain, FDTD, virtual tool design, graphics processing unit, parallel processing

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56

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5

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74

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90