Electromagnetic scattering by mixed conductor-dielectric bodies of arbitrary shape

Author

Creticos, Justin P. ; Schaubert, Daniel H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA

Volume

54

Issue

8

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2402

Lastpage

2407

Abstract

A volume-surface electric field integral equation method of moments formulation that makes use of rooftop basis functions defined over prism elements is presented. The new prism elements and their associated basis functions are designed to work either independently or in conjunction with basis functions previously defined over tetrahedral elements. Good agreement is found when comparing results obtained using the present formulation with analytical and experimental results

Keywords

dielectric bodies; electric field integral equations; electromagnetic wave scattering; method of moments; arbitrary shape; electromagnetic scattering; method of moments; mixed conductor-dielectric bodies; prism elements; rooftop basis functions; tetrahedral elements; volume-surface electric field integral equation; Conductors; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic scattering; Integral equations; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Shape; Stripline; Antenna input impedance; electric field integral equation; method of moments (MoM); radar cross section;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2006.879200

Filename

1668315