Standard Operating Procedure - Manufacture of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Waveguides and Slotted Waveguide Antennas, Version 1.0

Abstract

Slotted Waveguide Antenna Stiffened Structure (SWASS) is a type of conformal load-bearing antenna structure where the top-hat cross-section stiffeners used to reinforce thin skins, or blade stiffeners in sandwich panels, serve the dual purpose of acting both as structural stiffeners and radiofrequency waveguides. Slotted waveguide antenna arrays are created by cutting slots through the outer skin and into these waveguide stiffeners. Development of the SWASS concept requires the production and evaluation of representative test specimens, one of which is a rigid rectangular waveguide. This report details Version 1.0 of a Standard Operating Procedure for the production of slotted waveguide antenna arrays manufactured from aerospace grade carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) prepreg.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA548208

Entities

People

  • Kelvin J. Nicholson
  • Paul J. Callus

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Antenna Arrays
  • Antennas
  • Arrays
  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer
  • Carbon Fibers
  • Composite Materials
  • Fibers
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Radio Frequency
  • Sandwich Panels
  • Standards

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Reinforced Composite Materials

Technology Areas

  • Space