Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
References
2 Theoretical Background for the Computation of Radar Cross-Section (RCS) Using NEC
2.1 Formulation of Integral Equations (IE)
2.1.1 Electric-Field Integral Equation (EF-IE)
2.1.2 Magnetic-Field Integral Equation (MF-IE)
2.1.3 EF-IE/MF-IE Combined Equation
2.2 Computation of Scattered Fields
2.3 Numerical Solution of Integral Equations
2.3.1 Selection of Basis Functions and Weight Functions
2.3.2 Solution of Matrix Equation

2.4 Strategy for Parallelization
References
3 Modelling Guidelines and Input/Output Formats in NEC
3.1 Modelling of Wires
3.2 Modelling of Surfaces
3.3 Format of NEC Input File
3.4 Format of NEC Output File
Reference
4 Methodology for the Computation of RCS using Parallelized NEC and Finite Element Pre-processor
4.1 Overview of Finite Element Pre-processor
4.2 Revised Methodology for the Computation of RCS using Parallelized NEC and Finite Element Pre-processor
References
5 Studies on Pre-selected Structures
5.1 Monostatic RCS of a PEC Dihedral

5.2 Monostatic RCS of NASA Almond
5.3 Monostatic RCS of Metallic Single Ogive
5.4 Monostatic RCS of Rocket-Shaped Model
5.5 Monostatic RCS of Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)
5.6 Bi-Static RCS of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
5.7 Monostatic RCS of Automobile
References
6 Conclusion
Appendix A Libraries used for Parallel Computations
A.1 ScaLAPACK
A.2 Message-Passing Interface Standard (MPI)
A.3 Procedure for Compilation and Execution of the Parallelized Version of NEC on Linux Platforms
References
Appendix B Format of Command Lines in NEC
B.1 GW Command

B.2 FR Command
B.3 EX Command
B.4 RP Command
Appendix C Format of Various Output Files
C.1 Output from HyperMesh in Nastran Format for NASA Almond
C.2 Format of NEC Output File for the Monostatic RCS of NASA Almond (Horizontal Polarization)
Author Index
Subject Index