Architecture of the TULIPgm program system for designing vacuum amplifiers and generators of micro-wave range
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30837/rt.2025.2.221.14Keywords:
computer simulations, microwave device, program system architecture, signal spectrum, transient processAbstract
The article contains an analysis of the architecture and capabilities of a specialized software system (application package) designed for calculations and optimization of parameters and characteristics of powerful vacuum microwave devices that can be used in countermeasure systems for small and medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as in other applications where the generation of high-intensity electromagnetic microwave pulses is required. The TULIPgm software package is designed for non-stationary and spectral modeling of microwave devices using the particle-in-cell (PIC) method. It was developed as a full-format two-dimensional PIC code for studying transient processes in amplitrons. Currently, the set of simulated devices has been expanded to include magnetrons, forward and reverse wave amplifiers with an injected beam and crossed fields. The system implements a spectral approach that allows studying the passage of a signal with an arbitrary spectrum through an amplifier and obtaining continuous spectra of the output parameters of the device. The main architectural, algorithmic, software and interface features of the system are considered. Among them, the most important are the division of the program structure and computational process into logical and physical parts; the mechanism of excitation and event processing; the assembly of the software system using problem-oriented binary keys, etc. Information connections within the system and with auxiliary and service programs are implemented on the basis of a single global data structure. Examples of the use of the TULIPgm code are given. Among the prospects for the development of the system, the implementation of a three-dimensional model of devices with crossed fields, the implementation of a spectral approach for LBVs and klystrons, as well as the introduction of algorithms based on direct integration of Maxwell's equations by the finite difference method for modeling relativistic magnetrons are noted.
References
Rogers J.P. (2024) De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare. 1st edn. De Gruyter. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/4512899/de-gruyter-handbook-of-drone-warfare-pdf (Accessed: 3 May 2025).
R.R.U. Inc. (2025) -drone Technology to Detect and Stop 10 Types of Counter Drones Today. Available at: https://www.robinradar.com/resources/10-counter-drone-technologies-to-detect-and-stop-drones-today (Accessed: 04 May 2025).
Atherton K.D. (2023) The Air Force Used Microwave Energy to Take Down a Drone Swarm. Available at: https://www.popsci.com/technology/thor-weapon-drone-swarm-test/ (Accessed: 03 May 2025).
Nikolov B. (2025) UK’s new microwave weapon neutralizes drone swarms for pennies, Bulgarian Military In-dustry Review. Available at: https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/04/17/uks-new-microwave-weapon-neutralizes-drone-swarms-for-pennies/ (Accessed: 04 May 2025).
Tsimring S.E. Electron Beams and Microwave Vacuum Electronics. Wiley-Interscience, 2006. 574 p.
Carter R.G. Microwave and RF Vacuum Electronic Power Sources. Cambridge Univ. Press., 2018. 808 p.
Hockney R.W., Eastwood J.W. Computer Simulation Using Particles. McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1981. 562 p.
Gritsunov A.V., Shein A.G. Computer simulation of transient processes during the interaction of an electron beam with a backward wave in M-type amplifiers with distributed emission // Radiotekhnika. 1983. No 65. P. 93–99.
Churyumov G.I., Gerasimov V.P., Gritsunov A.V., Zakorin V.A. Prospects of applying a computational ex-periment to the concept and the use of crossed-field devices // Telecommunications and Radio Engineering. 1998. V. 52. No 12. P. 39–48.
Gritsunov A.V., Kozorezov G.G., Kopot M.A. On increasing of the gain ratio of crossed field double-row am-plifiers // Telecommunications and Radio Engineering. 2006. 65. No 8. P. 731–737.
Gritsunov A.V. On the reasons for noises in cross-field devices // Telecommunications and Radio Engineer-ing. 2005. V. 64. No 11. P. 939–958.
Vasyanovich A.V., Gritsunov A.V., Nikitenko A.N., Horunzhii M.O. General principles of spectral modeling of microwave devices // Telecommunications and Radio Engineering. 2003. V. 60. No. 1–2. P. 88–99.
Gritsunov A.V. On a spectral approach to simulation of microwave devices // Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics. 2004. V. 49. No 7. P. 829–832.
Gedney S.D. Introduction to the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method for Electromagnetics. Springer Cham, 2011. 236 p.
Jin J.-M. The Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics. Wiley-IEEE Press, 2014. 876 p.
Bilotserkivska A.I., Bondarenko I.M., Gritsunov A.V., Babychenko O.Yu., Sviderska L.I.,Vasianovych A.V. Decomposition of electromagnetic potentials in partial functions of dispersive electrodynamic lines // Ukrainian J. of Physics. 2024. V. 69. No 6. P. 382–394.
Gritsunov A.V. Methods of calculation of nonstationary nonharmonic fields in guiding electrodynamic struc-tures // Journal of Communications Technology and Electronics. 2007. V. 52. No 6. P. 601–616.
Ziegler C.A. Programming System Methodologies. Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1983. 308 p.
Hyde R. The Art of Assembly Language Programming. No Starch Press, Inc., 2010. 732 p.
Feldman M.B., Koffman E.B. Ada: Problem Solving and Program Design. Addison-Wesley, 1993. 795 p.
Chapra S.C., Canale R.P. Numerical Methods for Engineers. McGraw-Hill Ed., 2015. 970 p.
Gritsunov A.V. About simulation of fields in large particles model // Proc. 1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S Int. Mi-crowave and Optoelectronics Conf. Natal (Brazil). 1997. Vol. 2. P. 517–519.
Marple S.L., Jr., Digital Spectral Analysis with Applications. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987. 492 p.
Gritsunov A.V., Turenko L.Y. Harmonic decomposition of an exciting current in simulation of the electron devices // Telecommunications and Radio Engineering. 2002. V. 58. No 11–12. P. 56–67.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
