Prediction of scattering cross-section reductions due to plate orthogonality errors in trihedral radar reflectors

A method is developed for the determination of the reduction in scattering cross-section levels due to nonorthogonal alignment of the plates in trihedral radar corner reflectors. This method is based on the technique for finding the effective error at any direction of incidence. The method can be applied to any regular reflector shape and is accurate for any incident ray direction in the reflector main beam zone. It is determined that this method gives good agreement with experimental results for a wide range of reflector sizes, although the analysis is not exact.