Python - Gain of Pyramidal Horn Antenna
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Python - Gain of Pyramidal Horn Antenna
# Formula to calculate Gain of pyramidal horn antenna # Gain = ((4 * Pi * Area of Aperature)/(Wavelength**2)) * Aperture Efficiency # Aperature Efficiency is between 0 and 1 # Use functions for top number, bottom number and final calculation import math print ("Formula to compute Gain of pyramidal horn antenna") print ("The formula for watts is: Gain = ((4 * Pi * Area of Aperature)/(Wavelength**2)) * Aperture Efficiency") # Define functions that will calculate the formula # Calculate the top of the formula def topofformula(): EnteredAreaOfAperature = input ("Enter the area of aperature in square meters: ") # Convert to integer AreaOfAperature = int(EnteredAreaOfAperature) TopOfFormula = (4* math.pi * AreaOfAperature ) print("Top of formula is: ", TopOfFormula) return TopOfFormula # Calculate the bottom of the formula def bottomofformula(): EnteredWavelength = input ("Enter the wavelength in meters: ") # Convert to integer Wavelength = float(EnteredWavelength) BottomOfFormula = (Wavelength**2) print("The bottom of formula is: ", BottomOfFormula) return BottomOfFormula # Use the top and bottom numbers to make final gain calculation def calculatefinalformula(AperatureEfficiency): TopNumber = topofformula() BottomNumber = bottomofformula() Gain = ((TopNumber/BottomNumber) * AperatureEfficiency) return Gain # Input the Aperture Efficiency # Use while loop to make sure that the Aperture Efficiency is between 0 and 1 AperatureEfficiency = -1 while (AperatureEfficiency<0 or AperatureEfficiency>1): EnteredAperatureEfficiency = input ("Enter the Aperature Efficiency (number between 0 and 1): ") # Convert to float AperatureEfficiency = float(EnteredAperatureEfficiency) # Test to see if the number is between 0 and 1 if AperatureEfficiency<0: print ("Your number is less than zero. Please enter a number between 0 and 1.") elif AperatureEfficiency>1: print ("Your number is greater than one. Please enter a number between 0 and 1..") else: print ("You entered: ", AperatureEfficiency) # Place result from function into variable to print GainToPrint = calculatefinalformula(AperatureEfficiency) print ("The Gain in dB is: ", GainToPrint)