RT Journal Article ID 1d255dc816bf0360 A1 Chen, Bo A1 Zhang, Hanze A1 Liu, Mingyue A1 Li, Ning A1 Chen, Xue A1 Liu, Heguang T1 SIMPLIFICATION STUDY OF A KIND OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURE JF Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal JO CTS YR 2019 FD 2018-09-11 VO 11 IS 1-2 SP 51 OP 55 K1 thermal simulation K1 antenna K1 composite K1 carbon fiber and aluminium honeycomb K1 finite element analysis AB In this paper, the thermal simplification of the surface of a satellite borne microwave antenna of a kind of sandwich composite of carbon fiber and aluminium honeycomb is discussed. For this kind of composite, it is necessary to do some simplification when doing the thermal analysis. A uniform unit repeatedly was obtained and the equivalent thermal parameters such as thermal conductivity and heat capacity were computed. The influences of simplification methods on the thermal results and computation speed were contrasted and discussed. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/648192910890cd0e,7344e09e13d9db41,1d255dc816bf0360.html