Next Generation In-Situ Antenna Analysis and Design Toolbox

A new analysis and design tool for multiple antennas sited on a large platform is proposed, based on exact physics solutions of the 3-D Maxwells equations in the frequency domain. This tool uses the recently developed ultra-weak variational formulation (UWVF) to obtain equations for the tangential fields in a form that can be solved iteratively with almost perfect scalability on massively parallel computers, which will permit efficient solution for 1000  platforms. HyPerComp is well positioned to develop this tool due to equivalence of the UWVF to DG Galerkin formulation which we have applied to many large antenna/structure problems. HyPerComp is teaming with Professor Peter Monk from the University of Delaware, Professor Tim Warburton of Rice University, and Professor Tomi Huttunen of the University of Kuopio, Finland, in the development, implementation and validation of the UWVF code.