Blunt hub affecting the radar cross section of rotor based on dynamic scattering method

Abstract

In order to study the radar characteristics of blunt-hub rotor, a dynamic scattering method (DSM) based on physical optics and physical theory of diffraction is presented. Important influencing factors are analyzed and discussed, including rotor disk inclination, azimuth, elevation angle, and radar wave frequency. The radar cross section (RCS) of the blunt-hub rotor is used for comparison with conventional-hub rotor and sharp-hub rotor. The RCS performance of the blunt-hub rotor at different radar wave frequencies is close to that of the sharp-hub rotor. At larger positive elevation angles, the RCS∼azimuth performance of the blunt-hub rotor is not as good as the other two rotors, while the RCS performance of the blunt-hub rotor has an advantage under the larger negative elevation angle and the inclination of the rotor disk. The presented DSM is feasible and effective for learning the electromagnetic scattering characteristics of the blunt-hub rotor.