Parametric investigation of radome analysis methods

The paper discusses early results of an investigation undertaken to determine the accuracies of various radome analysis methods under controlled conditions of antenna size and placement, wavelength, and radome size and shape. A fundamental theory of radome analysis has been developed for performing valid comparisons of various methods. All existing methods as well as some new ones can be formulated in terms of the basic theory. Comparisons of computed results obtained for two methods of analysis (a receiving formulation and a transmitting formulation) are presented.