Evolutionary design of an X-band antenna for NASA's Space Technology 5 mission

Proceedings - NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, EH

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 155-163

  Lohn, J D ^a   Linden, D S ^b   Hornby, G S ^a   Kraus, W F ^a   Rodriguez Arroyo A ^c   Seufert, S E ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Linden Innovation Research   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm design and analysis; Design optimization; Evolutionary computation; Helical antennas; NASA; Radar antennas; Satellites; Space technology; Space vehicles; Testing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HARDWARE; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NASA; RADAR ANTENNAS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT; TESTING;

ALGORITHM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED WAVES; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; FLIGHT QUALIFICATION; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; SPACE VEHICLES;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84942415064     PISSN: 15506029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EH.2003.1217660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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