Circular Array of Dipoles Above a Perfectly Conducting Cylinder

摘要

This report contains an analysis of coupled dipoles near and parallel to an infinite conducting right-circular cylinder, based on integral equations developed by the Fourier transform methods. The computer is used to numerically solve the M nonhomogeneous integral equations, using numerical approximations for the integrals and complex algebra techniques to solve the simultaneous equations. Such an analysis should account for both the space wave with its grating lobe and the creeping wave resonances on the curved surface of the cylinder, and have an impact on the development of optimum methods for determining techniques for radiation pattern generation with very low sidelobes, optimum spacing, and a minimum number of array elements. (Author)