The Establishment and Analysis of the Structural-Electromagnetic Coupling Model of the Electrostatically Controlled Deployable Membrane Antenna

ZHANG Shunji; GU Yongzhen; ZHONG Wang; ZHANG Qinggang

doi:10.23919/cje.2022.00.328

Volume 33 Issue 2

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Shunji ZHANG, Yongzhen GU, Wang ZHONG, et al., “The Establishment and Analysis of the Structural-Electromagnetic Coupling Model of the Electrostatically Controlled Deployable Membrane Antenna,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 479–487, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2022.00.328

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Shunji ZHANG, Yongzhen GU, Wang ZHONG, et al., “The Establishment and Analysis of the Structural-Electromagnetic Coupling Model of the Electrostatically Controlled Deployable Membrane Antenna,” Chinese Journal of Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 479–487, 2024 doi: 10.23919/cje.2022.00.328

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The Establishment and Analysis of the Structural-Electromagnetic Coupling Model of the Electrostatically Controlled Deployable Membrane Antenna

doi: 10.23919/cje.2022.00.328

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GU Yongzhen^{1
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ZHONG Wang^2
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ZHANG Qinggang^1
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Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
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Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design of Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China

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Shunji ZHANG was born in Hebei Province, China, in 1994. He received the B.S. degree from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2016. Now he is working towards the Ph.D. degree from the Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education in Xidian University, Xi’an, China. His current research interests include form-finding and structural design of deployable antennas. (Email: zhangshunji01@126.com)

Yongzhen GU was born in Shandong Province, China, in 1991. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Xidian University, China, in 2019. He is currently a M.S. Supervisor at Qingdao University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include multidisciplinary optimization, multi-physical field coupling, and structural optimization design of spaceborne antennas. (Email: yzgu@qust.edu.cn)

Wang ZHONG was born in 1995. He received the B.S. degree from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2017. Now he is currently working towards the Ph.D. degree from the Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education in Xidian University, Xi’an, China. His current research interests include the application of origami structure in membrane antennas. (Email: 18792618424@163.com)

Qinggang ZHANG was born in 1997. He is currently studying for the M.S. degree at Qingdao University of Science and Technology. His research interests include optimization design of spaceborne antenna structure. (Email: 2528909062@qq.com)
Corresponding author: Email: yzgu@qust.edu.cn
Received Date: 2022-09-28
Accepted Date: 2023-04-07

Available Online: 2023-07-13

Publish Date: 2024-03-05

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Abstract

A new structural-electromagnetic coupling (SEC) analysis based on quadratic elements is proposed to solve the mismatch problem between structural elements and electromagnetic grids of the electrostatically controlled deployable membrane antenna (ECDMA). Firstly, the ECDMA reflector surface is meshed and redefined by a series of quadratic elements. Without grid transformation, the calculating formulas for the far-field pattern of ECDMA are derived by the physical-optics method. Then the structural deformation of ECDMA is analyzed and the far-field pattern calculating formulas including deformation errors are developed. Simulation and experiment results show that the quadratic elements are effective and efficient in SEC analysis of the ECDMA, moreover, the electromagnetic grid size demand and the grid discretization error are reduced greatly.
- Membrane antenna,
- Structural-electromagnetic coupling model,
- Quadratic elements

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