The Method of the Boundary Diffraction Wave for Impedance Surfaces

Abstract

The line integral of the boundary diffraction wave theory is extended for the diffraction process of waves by the impedance surfaces with edge discontinuities. With this aim, the exact diffraction field expression of Maliuzhinets is transformed into a line integral. The method is applied to the scattering problems of waves by a spherical reflector with edge discontinuity and the diffracted fields are evaluated asymptotically. The resultant expressions of the waves are examined numerically. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.