Electromagnetic Performance Analysis of a Novel Monolithic Radome for Airborne Applications

Author

Nair, Raveendranath U. ; Jha, Rakesh M.

Author_Institution

Aerosp. Electron. & Syst. Div., Council of Sci. & Ind. Res., Bangalore, India

Volume

57

Issue

11

fYear

2009

Firstpage

3664

Lastpage

3668

Abstract

A monolithic half-wave hybrid variable thickness radome (hy-VTR) is proposed here for airborne applications. The 3-D ray-tracing (in conjunction with aperture integration method), which is adapted here to evaluate the radome performance parameters, facilitates efficient analysis of antenna-radome interactions. The optimized power reflection hy-VTR design is established to be superior to the conventional constant thickness radome (CTR) designs in terms of the EM performance.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; aperture antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; radomes; ray tracing; 3D ray-tracing; airborne applications; antenna-radome interactions; aperture integration method; constant thickness radome; electromagnetic performance analysis; monolithic half-wave hybrid variable thickness radome; optimized power reflection; Aerodynamics; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Apertures; Degradation; Design optimization; Geometry; Performance analysis; Ray tracing; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Airborne radomes; monolithic half-wave; radome performance parameters; variable thickness radome (VTR) design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2009.2026595

Filename

5153346