Title : 
Novel monopolar MFIE MoM-discretization for the scattering analysis of small objects
         
        
            Author : 
Ubeda, Eduard ; Rius, Juan M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Signal Theor. & Commun. Dept., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present a novel method of moments (MoM)-magnetic field integral equation (MFIE) discretization that performs closely to the MoM-EFIE in the electromagnetic analysis of moderately small objects. This new MoM-MFIE discretization makes use of a new set of basis functions that we name monopolar Rao-Wilton-Glisson (RWG) and are derived from the RWG basis functions. We show for a wide variety of small objects -curved and sharp-edged-that the new monopolar MoM-MFIE formulation outperforms the conventional MoM-MFIE with RWG basis functions.
         
        
            Keywords : 
electromagnetic wave scattering; magnetic field integral equations; method of moments; MFIE discretization; MoM; RWG; basis function; electromagnetic analysis; magnetic field integral equation; method of moment; monopolar Rao-Wilton-Glisson; scattering analysis; small object; Boundary element methods; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Integral equations; Moment methods; Numerical analysis; Performance analysis; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Electromagnetic scattering; integral equations; method of moments (MoM); numerical analysis; radar cross sections (RCS);
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAP.2005.861529