Original Article
  • Design and Performance Analysis of a Frequency-Tunable Active Radar Absorber Based on a Fluted Core

  • Kwon-woo Park*, Woo-Ju Lee*, Young-Woo Nam**, ***† , Byeong-Su Kwak*†

  • *School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Gyeongsang National University
    **Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    ***Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • 플루티드 코어 기반 주파수 가변 능동형 레이더 흡수 구조 설계 및 성능 분석

  • 박권우* · 이우주* · 남영우**, ***† · 곽병수*†

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This Article

Correspondence to

  • Young-Woo Nam**, *** , Byeong-Su Kwak*

  • *School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Gyeongsang National University
    **Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Korea Aerospace University
    ***Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Korea Aerospace University

  • E-mail: bs.kwak@gnu.ac.kr