E-polarized beam scattering by an open cylindrical PEC strip having an arbitrary "conical-section" profile

Two-dimensional (2-D) scattering of waves by, a conducting strip with a can onical profile is simulated in the E-polarization case. This analysis is pe rformed by reducing a singular integral equation (IE) to the dual-series eq uations, and making their analytical regularization. Furthermore, the incid ent field is taken as a complex source point (CSP) beam. This is an extensi on of our previous studies about circular and parabolic reflector antennas. The algorithm features are demonstrated. Far-field characteristics are pre sented for quite large-size curves strips of elliptic, parabolic, and hyper bolic profiles. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.