Automatic extraction and visualization of NEC-2 output data using MatNEC

Author

Cooper, R.M.

Author_Institution

801 North Sixth St., Martins Ferry, OH, USA

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

79

Abstract

MatNEC is a series of tools that use the popular analysis program MatLab to serve as both a pre- and post-processor for a NEC-2 computational engine. The pre-processing features of MatNEC, which include interactive structure development and the generation of an ASCII-text input file, were described in detail previously. This article details the post-processing features of MatNEC, which include automatic data extraction from a standard NEC-2 output file, and subsequent visualization via a series of MatLab control figures

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electrical engineering computing; electromagnetism; graphical user interfaces; method of moments; ASCII-text input file; MatLab control figures; MatNEC; NEC-2 output data; antenna radiation patterns; automatic data extraction; electromagnetic analysis codes; graphical user interfaces; interactive structure development; moment method wire analysis code; post-processor; pre-processor; visualization; Antenna radiation patterns; Automatic control; Data mining; Data visualization; Engines; National electric code; Near-field radiation pattern; Space charge; Storage automation; Three dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/74.537368

Filename

537368