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Area of Science:

  • Electromagnetics
  • Materials Science
  • Aerospace Engineering

Background:

  • Deployable satellite antennas utilize lightweight metal mesh for stowability.
  • Accurate characterization of mesh reflectivity is challenging due to complex structures.
  • Existing models struggle with the quantitative analysis of woven/knitted mesh performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel modeling method for characterizing the reflection coefficient of complex metal mesh fabrics.
  • To combine an effective wire radius estimation with the Casey surface impedance model.
  • To enable accurate quantitative assessment of mesh reflectivity for antenna design.

Main Methods:

  • A per-band effective wire radius (reff) estimation procedure was developed.
  • The Casey surface impedance model was integrated with the effective wire radius estimation.
  • Waveguide-contact measurements were performed on gold-coated molybdenum mesh specimens across multiple frequency bands.
  • The effective wire radius was determined by minimizing error against measured reflection coefficients.

Main Results:

  • The modeling method accurately characterized mesh reflectivity, with Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) below 0.021 dB in native-band fits.
  • Estimated effective wire radii varied from 10.1 to 44.5 μm, depending on frequency band and polarization.
  • Significant differences in directional effective wire radius (up to 1.78×) were observed due to weave anisotropy.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed modeling method provides a quantitative approach to characterize metal mesh reflectivity.
  • Anisotropy and polarization dependence are critical factors that must be considered in mesh reflector antenna design.
  • This work advances the design and performance prediction of deployable antennas for space applications.