Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (7): 88-91.

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DEVELOPMENT OF AIRBORNE RADAR REFLECTOR ANTENNA BASED ON CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES

ZHANG Jian-ke, XU Lei, SHI Wei   

  1. Xi′an Electronic Engineering Institute, Xi′an 710100, China
  • Received:2017-01-04 Online:2017-07-28 Published:2017-07-28

Abstract: The structural characteristic of a certain type of radar reflector antenna was introduced in this paper briefly. Then, material selection, mould design, structure optimization, manufacture process were discussed and studied mainly based on antenna molding process. The mould surface was repaired by thermal compensation method. Simultaneously, the antenna curing parameters were optimized by orthogonal experimental design. The results demonstrate that the thickness of antenna can be controlled in the range of ±0.05 mm, the root mean square error (RMSE) of antenna surface is less than 0.1 mm, and the side lode level of antenna is able to reach -30 db (34.468 GHz), all of which can meet design requirement.

Key words: carbon fiber composite materials, reflector antenna, honeycomb sandwich

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