On a Cap Type Corner Reflector for Rescue

Abstract

As well known, the search operation of a ship in distress is extremely difficutlt in rough sea. Especially it is almost impossible to discover life boats or castaways by eye at night or in foggy weather. Under such circumstances, if the life boat and castaways are equipped with some object which might effectively reflect radar wave, the search by a radar becomes possible all the time and life rescue operation will be carried out effectively. From the point of view, we made several sorts of such corner reflctor which might be easily equipped with life boat or castaway, and experimented the effectiveness and radar cross section of such reflectors.