Title :
Integrated HF antenna for vertical tail plane using virtual prototyping
Author :
Jimenez Gonzalez, Francisco Javier ; Pascual Gil, Enrique ; Pinon, Ruben Rey ; Royo Moreno, Jose Antonio
Author_Institution :
EMC & Microwaves Dept., AIRBUS Mil., Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a HF antenna integrated within aircraft Vertical Tail Plane (VTP) by using virtual prototyping. The design task is carried out with a numerical solver based on FDTD which was validated for analysis but also for design and optimization purposes. An accurate virtual antenna model to achieve a successful result is chosen and a real prototype antenna is built and measured.
Keywords :
HF antennas; aerospace computing; aircraft antennas; computational electromagnetics; finite difference time-domain analysis; virtual prototyping; FDTD; VTP; aircraft vertical tail plane; design task; integrated HF antenna; numerical electromagnetic methods; numerical solver; virtual prototyping; Aircraft; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Atmospheric modeling; Prototypes; aircraft; antenna; high-frequency (HF); measurements; numerical electromagnetic methods; radiofrequency (RF);
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902032
