TY - GEN
T1 - A simple tool for the design and analysis of multiple-reflector antennas in a multi-disciplinary environment
AU - Katz, Daniel S.
AU - Borgioli, Andrea
AU - Cwik, Tom
AU - Fu, Chuigang
AU - Imbriale, William A.
AU - Jamnejad, Vahraz
AU - Springer, Paul L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1999 IEEE.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The process of designing and analyzing a multiple-reflector system has traditionally been time-intensive, requiring large amounts of both computational and human time. At many frequencies, a discrete approximation of the radiation integral may be used to model the system. The code which implements this physical optics (PO) algorithm was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This paper presents a methodology and examples of use of an automated tool that performs the analysis of a complete multiple-reflector system in an integrated multi-disciplinary environment (including CAD modeling, and structural and thermal analysis) at the click of a button. This tool, named MOD Tool (Millimeter-wave Optics Design Tool), has been designed and implemented as a distributed tool with a client that runs almost identically on Unix, Mac, and Windows platforms, and a server that runs primarily on a Unix workstation and can interact with parallel supercomputers with simple instruction from the user interacting with the client.
AB - The process of designing and analyzing a multiple-reflector system has traditionally been time-intensive, requiring large amounts of both computational and human time. At many frequencies, a discrete approximation of the radiation integral may be used to model the system. The code which implements this physical optics (PO) algorithm was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This paper presents a methodology and examples of use of an automated tool that performs the analysis of a complete multiple-reflector system in an integrated multi-disciplinary environment (including CAD modeling, and structural and thermal analysis) at the click of a button. This tool, named MOD Tool (Millimeter-wave Optics Design Tool), has been designed and implemented as a distributed tool with a client that runs almost identically on Unix, Mac, and Windows platforms, and a server that runs primarily on a Unix workstation and can interact with parallel supercomputers with simple instruction from the user interacting with the client.
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U2 - 10.1109/APS.1999.789284
DO - 10.1109/APS.1999.789284
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85039968090
T3 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium: Wireless Technologies and Information Networks, APS 1999 - Held in conjunction with USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
SP - 2360
EP - 2363
BT - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 1999 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APSURSI 1999
Y2 - 11 July 1999 through 16 July 1999
ER -