Aperture Antennas Simulation by Computer for Undergraduate Engineering Work

Aperture antenna theory usually produces integrals for radiation patterns which are difficult to evaluate. One resort is to complement the formal teaching by a computer simulation of the radiation due to a line source with arbitrary excitation. Suggested exercises will lead the student to acquire knowledge of various effects in practical aperture type antennas. The program allows several input modes and is written so that it can be adapted for discrete antenna arrays.