Title :
Numerical Integration Scheme for the Near-Singular Green Function Gradient on General Triangles
Author :
Botha, Matthys M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract :
A new near-singularity cancellation transformation quadrature scheme for triangle domains is presented. It is tailored to the Green function gradient kernel (static and dynamic) multiplied with higher-order weighting functions on curvilinear triangles. The transformation is analytically invertible. Attention is paid to ensuring accuracy in both tangential and normal components. Such integrals must be routinely evaluated in modern method of moments (MoM) implementations. The scheme follows the standard three subtriangle splitting approach of which the benefits are single-parameter accuracy control, a geometry-independent total number of quadrature points and implementation simplicity. Extensive numerical results show superior efficiency and reliability to existing three-subdomain schemes. Consistent, dependable error convergence is demonstrated, with very low variation in accuracy for fixed quadrature order and singularity height. The scheme is suitable for practical use by MoM developers.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; convergence; gradient methods; integration; method of moments; Green function gradient kernel; MoM; curvilinear triangles; error convergence; fixed quadrature order; general triangles; higher-order weighting functions; method of moments; near-singular Green function gradient; near-singularity cancellation transformation quadrature scheme; numerical integration scheme; single-parameter accuracy control; three subtriangle splitting approach; Acceleration; Accuracy; Antennas; Green´s function methods; Kernel; Method of moments; Standards; Boundary element method; computational electromagnetics; curved higher-order elements; electromagnetic surface integral equations; magnetic field integral equation (MFIE); nearly singular integral; non-linear transformation; nonlinear transformation;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2015.2456959