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Basic Principles of Radar With Particular Reference to Aircraft and Missile Applications An Introductory Lecture for Non-Specialists*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

F. D. Boardman
F. D. Boardman*
Affiliation:
Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern
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Abstract

Summary: Modern radar techniques have found wide application in the fields of aeronautics and guided missiles and to make full use of these techniques the designer of modern aircraft and missile systems requires a knowledge of the basic radar principles. This paper is an introduction to these principles. Four main functions of radar are discussed, namely the detection of objects in the beam, measurement of range, information on direction, and the use of the doppler principle to measure velocity and to distinguish moving objects. The discussion is confined to primary or self-contained radars although the principles are applicable to navigation aids such as Gee and Loran. The paper concludes with a brief description of the radome problem.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 63 , Issue 586 , October 1959 , pp. 589 - 596
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1959

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Footnotes

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The Tenth lecture given to the Astronautics and Guided Flight Section of the Society—on 27th April 1959

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