Integrating antenna modeling codes in Web-based visualization environments

The development of an interactive online asynchronous environment for advanced antenna modeling is presented. Electromagnetic (EM) codes are coupled with the World Wide Web (WWW), and the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is used for the creation of a flexible visual pre- and post-processor. The adoption of object-oriented methodologies, in conjunction with the employment of platform independent standards, contributes to the flexibility of the developed application. It is generic enough so that various numerical codes for antenna modeling can be easily integrated under a common multi-disciplinary environment. A case study regarding the modeling of conformal microstrip arrays is presented.