Simulation model of interferometric helicopter radar

 

P. E. Shimkin, A. A. Komarov

National Research University MPEI, Moscow 111250, Russia, Krasnokazarmennayast. 14

 

The paper is received on December 28, 2018

 

Abstract. The work is devoted to the simulation of a unique on-board radar system, which allows helicopters with a high degree of safety to land on an unprepared site, having previously determined the presence of dangerous irregularities, inclines, foreign means and mechanisms on this site. The results of the calculation of the potential accuracy characteristics of such a system are presented, as well as one of the variants of the algorithmic implementation of a simulation computer model implemented in the MATLAB application software package. Visual results of modeling are shown by the example of a helicopter landing on a non-uniform surface relief close to real.

Key words: interferometry radar, digital terrain model, three-dimensional image, radar cross section diagram, safe helicopter landing.

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For citation:

P. E. Shimkin, A. A. Komarov. Simulation model of interferometric helicopter radar. Zhurnal Radioelektroniki - Journal of Radio Electronics. 2019. No. 1. Available at http://jre.cplire.ru/jre/jan19/4/text.pdf

DOI  10.30898/1684-1719.2019.1.4