A modified FDTD (2, 4) scheme for modeling electrically large structures with high-phase accuracy

Author

Hadi, Mohammed F. ; Piket-May, Melinda

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait

Volume

45

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

254

Lastpage

264

Abstract

A new fourth-order finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) scheme has been developed that exhibits extremely low-phase errors at low-grid resolutions compared to the conventional FDTD scheme. Moreover, this new scheme is capable of combining with the standard Yee (1966) scheme to produce a stable hybrid algorithm. The problem of wave propagation through a building is simulated using this new hybrid algorithm to demonstrate the large savings in computing resources it could afford. With this new development, the FDTD method can now be used to successfully model structures that are thousands of wavelengths large, using the present day computer technology

Keywords

building; electromagnetic wave propagation; error analysis; finite difference time-domain analysis; numerical stability; building; computer technology; electrically large structures; fourth order finite difference time domain; high phase accuracy; low grid resolutions; low phase errors; modified FDTD; stable hybrid algorithm; standard Yee scheme; wave propagation; Computational modeling; Computer errors; Dispersion; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Lattices; Numerical stability; Stability analysis; Stability criteria; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.560344

Filename

560344