Title :
Reconfiguration and thermoregulation using biologically inspired vascular networks
Author :
Drummond, F. ; Huff, G.H.
Author_Institution :
Electromagn. & Microwave Lab., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
A reconfigurable patch antenna with capillary structure is presented. A thermal analysis of resistive heating due to electromagnetic excitation was performed along with proposed cooling mechanism due to convective capillary thermoregulation. Simulated results are shown for transient and steady-state scenarios that link the fluids thermal properties into the electromagnetic operation.
Keywords :
bio-inspired materials; microstrip antennas; thermal analysis; biologically inspired vascular networks; capillary structure; electromagnetic excitation; reconfigurable patch antenna; resistive heating; thermal analysis; thermoregulation; Antennas; Biology; Cooling; Heating; Materials; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0250-1
