Mesh pillow in deployable front-fed umbrella parabolic reflectors

Author

Prata, A., Jr. ; Rusch, W.V.T. ; Miller, R.K.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

1989

Firstpage

254

Abstract

An analytical solution for the umbrella reflector surface shape, including the pillowing contribution, is presented. The solution is simple and sufficiently accurate for most antenna applications, and apart from being useful as a design tool, it can be easily incorporated into an existing computer code, allowing for more realistic evaluations of the umbrella reflector electrical characteristics. The analytical solution was tested by numerically solving the equations using a successive overrelaxation procedure. The gain degradation and the gore-related sidelobes clearly show the significance of pillowing on the antenna radiation characteristics.<>

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna reflectors; antenna; antenna radiation characteristics; computer code; deployable front-fed umbrella parabolic reflectors; electrical characteristics; gain degradation; gore-related sidelobes; mech pillowing; overrelaxation procedure; Boundary conditions; Differential equations; Electric variables; Laplace equations; Nonlinear equations; Partial differential equations; Reflector antennas; Ribs; Shape; Tendons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1989. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1989.134664

Filename

134664