FEKO VV, HH, VH, HV simulations

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi guys,

I want to learn to simulate the RCS for different polarisations, VV, HH, VH, HV. I understand the example stated out in the example guide - however, it does not explicitly state how to go about for the four polarisations.

How do we go about simulating the RCS for the four polarisations?

 

Nyasha

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  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Hi Nyasha

     

    In CADFEKO define your plane wave. The important parameter is the Polarization angle (degrees).

    This will either be 0 or 90. Select 0 for vertical and 90 for horizontal.

    cadfeko_setup.png

    Request the far field in the plane wave incident direction (for monostatic RCS of course, for bistatic, set calculate as specified)

    cadfeko_setup_Ff.png

     

    Then in POSTFEKO select the component of the far field to plot. Theta will be vertical and Phi will be horizontal.

    So selecting 0 polarization in CADFEKO and Phi in POSTFEKO will be VH polarization.postfeko_Setup.png

    The above will give 2 of the 4 different polarizations.

     

    To simulate all 4 in a single model, define a 2nd configuration in CADFEKO where you set the plane wave polarization angle to the other of 0/90. You can rename the planewave, configuration and far field request for convenience to _H or _V or as preferred. You must also set in CADFEKO 'Sources per configuration' by clicking on the Configuration settings icon just to the left of the + icon in the window below. This will allow you to set a different plane wave for each configuration.

    cadfeko_setup_configs.png

     

    Then in POSTFEKO you have to select the configuration's far field to plot - select either in the result palette on the right (click the Source dropdown) or from the results browser on the left.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>postfeko_mult_config.png

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Really helpful,

  • lostarmour
    lostarmour Altair Community Member
    edited October 2019

    Yes it is very helpful. Thanks a lot.