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A multidisciplinary optimization scheme of airborne radome is proposed. The optimization procedure takes into account the structural and the electromagnetic responses simultaneously. The structural analysis is performed with the finite element method using Patran/Nastran, while the electromagnetic analysis is carried out using the Plane Wave Spectrum and Surface Integration technique. The genetic algorithm is employed for the multidisciplinary optimization process. The thicknesses of multilayer radome wall are optimized to maximize the overall transmission coefficient of the antenna-radome system under the constraint of the structural failure criteria. The proposed scheme and the optimization approach are successfully assessed with an illustrative numerical example.
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Tang, X., Zhang, W., Zhu, J. (2009). Multidisciplinary Optimization of Airborne Radome Using Genetic Algorithm. In: Deng, H., Wang, L., Wang, F.L., Lei, J. (eds) Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence. AICI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5855. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05253-8_17
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