天线罩
材料科学
陶瓷
氮化硅
复合材料
固体燃料火箭
航空航天工程
推进剂
天线(收音机)
工程类
电信
图层(电子)
作者
Abanti Nag,R. Ramachandra Rao,Prashant Panda
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.04.203
摘要
An electromagnetically transparent, structurally robust and environmentally resistant enclosure of radar antenna for ground based systems to modern avionics in military aircraft and missiles is called as radome. Radome materials are classified based on: (i) type of function - surface-based or flight-mode and (ii) speed of operation - subsonic, supersonic to hypersonic. The desired properties of these materials are low dielectric constant and low loss factor in addition to its capacity to withstand the high temperature of operation. Composite laminates of glass or aramid fibre reinforced polymeric resins are radome material candidates for applications in subsonic range. However, ceramics are the only viable option for military aerospace applications such as a fighter jet travelling at Mach 3 or an advanced hypersonic missile speeding up to Mach 5. This review outlines the hand-full of ceramic materials already in application as radome materials like high-purity-alumina, pyroceram, slip-cast-fused-silica, their processing technology, electromagnetic and mechanical properties, advantages and disadvantages with respect to advanced military vehicles. Use of silicon nitride based radome materials, that has exceptional mechanical strength and thermal stability up to 1400 °C is illustrated with respect to reaction bonded silicon nitride, hot pressed silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, sialon and their composites. Design of new generation radome materials was conceptualized and discussed as applicable to silicon nitride and related ceramics, wherein incorporation of varied degree of porosity improves electromagnetic properties, simultaneously, maintaining the required mechanical strength. Multilayer and graded porosity and its influence on electromagnetic properties were briefly discussed. Si3N4 ceramics having controlled porosity leading to optimum electromagnetic and mechanical properties produced through systematic processing is proposed as the futuristic high temperature radome material for supersonic applications.
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