Active Pointing Compensation of a HTS Multibeam Antenna

Table 1

Geometry and material parameters of the MFCs and the laminate.

Parts	Parameters	Value
MFCs	Length (mm)	85
	Width (mm)	57
	Thickness (mm)	0.30
	Elastic modulus (GPa)	30.336
	Elastic modulus (GPa)	15.857
	Poisson’s ratio	0.31
	Poisson’s ratio	0.16
	Piezoelectric strain constant (pC/N)	460
	Piezoelectric strain constant (pC/N)	-180
Laminate	Length (mm)	85
	Width (mm)	57 m
	Elastic modulus (GPa)	180
	Elastic modulus (GPa)	6
	Poisson’s ratio	0.28
	Thickness (mm)	0.80
	Number of layers	20
	Orientation	[0°/45°/90°/-45°/0°/0°/-45°/90°/45°/0°]s