Structural Design and Analysis of an Airborne Pod Antenna

Airborne pod antennas have the characteristics of compact structure and simple interface, which makes it widely used in airborne radar. The structural design of airborne pod antennas involves many factors such as volume, weight, strength. These factors should be considered carefully and comprehensively. Taking an airborne pod antenna as an example and aiming at its work environment requirements, this paper introduces briefly the structural features of the airborne pod antenna and focuses on the description of the system structural composition, thermal design and mechanical load analysis of the airborne pod antenna. It can provide reference for the structural design of similar antenna system.