Work Package 2.2: Optimisation of Installed Architectures for Electromagnetic Performance.

This WP will be led by BAE Systems.

The architecture and installation approach used in systems design will influence significantly the vulnerability of the systems as a result of cable lengths, routing relative to platform structure (taking due account of local geometry and materials).  At present, cable design and layout guidance is generally imprecise and does not account for optimum performance for resilience against electromagnetic threats. Furthermore, such existing guidance will not be appropriate to potential structured solutions. Therefore, this part of the WP will remedy this by developing a set of quantitative rules for the design and installation of the proposed solutions that are based upon and justified by computational analyses. 

The rules and guidance drafted above will be tested and validated using practical assessments of trial systems installations within the dummy CFC fuselage utilised in WP1.2. This programme of practical testing will form the final verification of the research. As such it will include a check of the Variational Analysis methods developed under WP1.2 by application to the proposed solutions.  

This WP has been finished.