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Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome
Radomes are usually constructed from sandwich structures made of materials which usually have a low dielectric constant so that they do not interfere with electromagnetic waves. Performance of the antenna is increased by the appropriate assortment of materials enabling it to survive under marine app...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31216781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12121966 |
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author | Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Shi, Dongyan Imran, Muhammad Khan, Sohaib Z. Tong, Lili Ahad, Fazal e Zaidi, Asad A. Iqbal, Javid Ahmed, Waqas |
author_facet | Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Shi, Dongyan Imran, Muhammad Khan, Sohaib Z. Tong, Lili Ahad, Fazal e Zaidi, Asad A. Iqbal, Javid Ahmed, Waqas |
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description | Radomes are usually constructed from sandwich structures made of materials which usually have a low dielectric constant so that they do not interfere with electromagnetic waves. Performance of the antenna is increased by the appropriate assortment of materials enabling it to survive under marine applications, and it depends on composite strength-to-weight ratio, stiffness, and resistance to corrosion. The design of a sandwich core submarine radome greatly depends on the material system, number of layers, orientation angles, and thickness of the core material. In this paper, a conceptual design study for a sandwich core submarine radome is carried out with the help of finite element analysis (FEA) using two unidirectional composite materials—glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)—as a skin material and six different core materials. Conceptual designs are obtained based on constraints on the composite materials’ failure, buckling, and strength. The thickness of the core is reduced under constraints on material and buckling strength. Finite element analysis software ANSYS WORKBENCH is used to carry out all the simulations. |
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spelling | pubmed-66314062019-08-19 Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Shi, Dongyan Imran, Muhammad Khan, Sohaib Z. Tong, Lili Ahad, Fazal e Zaidi, Asad A. Iqbal, Javid Ahmed, Waqas Materials (Basel) Article Radomes are usually constructed from sandwich structures made of materials which usually have a low dielectric constant so that they do not interfere with electromagnetic waves. Performance of the antenna is increased by the appropriate assortment of materials enabling it to survive under marine applications, and it depends on composite strength-to-weight ratio, stiffness, and resistance to corrosion. The design of a sandwich core submarine radome greatly depends on the material system, number of layers, orientation angles, and thickness of the core material. In this paper, a conceptual design study for a sandwich core submarine radome is carried out with the help of finite element analysis (FEA) using two unidirectional composite materials—glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)—as a skin material and six different core materials. Conceptual designs are obtained based on constraints on the composite materials’ failure, buckling, and strength. The thickness of the core is reduced under constraints on material and buckling strength. Finite element analysis software ANSYS WORKBENCH is used to carry out all the simulations. MDPI 2019-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6631406/ /pubmed/31216781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12121966 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Waqas, Hafiz Muhammad Shi, Dongyan Imran, Muhammad Khan, Sohaib Z. Tong, Lili Ahad, Fazal e Zaidi, Asad A. Iqbal, Javid Ahmed, Waqas Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title | Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title_full | Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title_fullStr | Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title_short | Conceptual Design of Composite Sandwich Structure Submarine Radome |
title_sort | conceptual design of composite sandwich structure submarine radome |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31216781 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12121966 |
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