Excerpt from Diffraction by a Tipped Wedge: With Applications to Blunt Edges The problem of the diffraction of electromagnetic waves by a cylindrically tipped perfectly conducting wedge under plane wave or line source excitation is treated. Mathematically, this reduces to the problem of finding a solution of the two-dimensional time-reduced wave equation which either vanishes or has a vanishing normal derivative on the surface of the tipped wedge depending upon whether the electric vector or the mag netic vector is normal to the plane of incidence. Series representations of the solutions are obtained in all cases in terms of the eigenfunctions of the Simple wedge problem (where the radius of the cylindrical tip is zero). The far field expressions for the case of the cylindrically tipped wedge under plane wave excitation are obtained for both polarizations. Graphs of the net scattered amplitude are given for the special case of normal incidence on a half-plane with a cylindrical tip of radius a a k-l. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.