Title : 
Comparison of 3D and 2D method to study the propagation in a U-shaped valley.
         
        
            Author : 
Hamel, Pierrick ; Adam, Jean-Pierre ; Beniguel, Yannick ; Joly, Jean-Christophe
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
IEEA, Courbevoie, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents 5 different electromagnetic methods, asymptotic and exact, in 3 dimensions and in 2 dimensions, to simulate the radiation of an antenna in a U-shaped valley. The precision of the result and the calculation time are compared for each method.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave propagation; 2D method; 3D method; U-shaped valley; antenna radiation; asymptotic electromagnetic method; exact electromagnetic method; propagation study; Antennas; Finite difference methods; Graphics processing units; Mathematical model; Method of moments; Three-dimensional displays; Time-domain analysis; 2D Methods; Physical Optics; Propagation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Lisbon