@inproceedings{d09da446605c40969f97c8c9d5ae8407,
title = "Predicting Conformal Aperture Directivity for arbitrary Curved Surfaces: A comparison of Analytical and Measured Results",
abstract = "Conformal Antenna Arrays offer many advantages for aerospace platforms, especially if selected early in the platform design cycle. To this end a Conformal antenna array directivity equation is presented, allowing the benefits of a conformal antenna array to be explored and design trade-offs considered at an early stage. The Conformal Directivity equation is an extension of Hannan{\textquoteright}s equation for the maximum achievable directivity of a planar aperture within an infinite antenna array, and when compared to a uniform illumination model for a planar aperture for aperture areas above 0.5λ 2 there is a maximum difference of 0.87dBi, and a mean difference of 0.49dBi.",
author = "Timothy Pelham and Geoffrey Hilton and Evangelos Mellios and R Lewis",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1049/ic.2015.0147",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781785611902",
series = "IET Seminar Digest",
publisher = "Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)",
number = "9",
booktitle = "2015 Wideband and Multi-Band Antennas and Arrays for Civil, Security \& Military Applications",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "Wideband and Multi-Band Antennas and Arrays for Civil, Security and Military Applications ; Conference date: 02-12-2015",
}